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Majority Opinion
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Marshall, J. |
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Concurring Opinion
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White, J., & Powell, J. (joined by Burger, C.J., & Rehnquist, J.) |
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Lower Court
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Washington Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Establishment Clause claim upheld |
| Lawyers |
Timothy R. Malone, Assistant Attorney General of Washington
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| Briefs |
Acting Solicitor General Fried, Acting Assistant Attorney General Willard, Michael C. McConnell, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, and Michael Jay Singer for the United States (for petitioner)
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American Civil Liberties Union et al. (for repondent)
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Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith et al. (for respondent)
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Christian Legal Society et al. (for petitioner)
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Lee Boothby and Walter E. Carson for Americans United for Separation of Church and State
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Marc D. Stern and Ronald A. Krauss for the American Jewish Congress (for petitioner)
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National Legal Christian Foundation (for petitioner)
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Rutherford Institute et al. (for petitioner)
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Samuel Rabinove and Richard T. Foltin for the American Jewish Congress (for petitioner)
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| News Stories & Commentary |
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| Ruling - Lower Court |
102 Wash. 2d 624, 689 P.2d 53
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| News |
"High Court Reverses Ruling on Religious Studies," The New York Times, Jan. 28, 1986, Sect. A, p. 14
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Epstein, Aaron, "Court Oks 'Neutral' State Aid in Religious Case," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 28, 1986, Sect. A, p. 5
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| Other |
Gey, Steven G., RELIGION AND THE STATE (2nd Ed.) (2006), pp. 577-581
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Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.) (1996), pp. 1586-1587
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| Books |
Witte, John Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 176, 178
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