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Majority Opinion
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Rehnquist, C.J. (joined by White, Scalia, Kennedy and Thomas, JJ.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Blackmun, J. (joined by Souter, J., Stevens and O’Connor, JJ. Joined Part I), & O’Connor, J. (joined by Stevens) |
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Lower Court
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9th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Establishment Clause claim upheld. |
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Oral Arguments
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audio record
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Deputy Solicitor General Bryson for the United States
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| Briefs |
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, American Jewish Congress, Deaf Community Center, Inc., Christian Legal Society, United States Catholic Conference, National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (for Petitioners)
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American Civil Liberties Union, Arizona School Boards Association, Council on Religious Freedom, National School Boards Association, National Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty (for Respondents)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School Dist., 963 F.2d 1190, (C.A. 9 (Cal.), 1992)
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| News |
Andersson, Elaine, "Religion May Broaden Disabilities Law," New York Times, Dec. 12, 1993, pg. 161
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Court Eases Curb on Providing Aid Church Schools; Remedial Classes Public Districts Allowed to Send Teachers into Parochial Schools, The Supreme Court: Reversing Course," New York Times, Jun. 24, 1997, sect. A, pg. 1
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Court Says Government May Pay For Interpreter in Religious School; Court Says Government May Pay for Parochial Student’s Interpreter," New York Times, Jun. 19, 1993, pg. 1
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Justices to Hear 2 Cases on Religion and Schools," New York Times, Oct. 6, 1992, sect. A, pg. 20
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Lewin, Tamar, "A Test of Church-State Relations in a Deaf Student’s Need; High stakes over a sign-language interpreter," New York Times, Feb. 22, 1993, sect. A, pg. 10
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sect. 12.2.62
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Nowak, John E. & Rotunda, Ronald D., PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2ND ED., 2005), sect.17.4
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Witte, John, Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 150-151, 177
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