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  2. Everson v. Board of Education - Wikipedia

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    Arch R. Everson, a taxpayer in Ewing Township, filed a lawsuit on state constitutional grounds. [5] The Establishment Clause was not yet incorporated when the lawsuit was filed. The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the provision violated the state constitution's purpose restriction on the legislative power to authorize spending for private ...

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 330

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    Case name Citation Date decided Everson v. Board of Education: 330 U.S. 1: 1947: Public Workers v. Mitchell: 330 U.S. 75: 1947: Oklahoma v. United States Civil Service Commission

  4. List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union

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    West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) - Amicus curiae; Martin v. Struthers; 1944 Korematsu v. United States; Smith v. Allwright; 1946 Hannegan v. Esquire; 1947 Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947) - Amicus curiae for Arch R. Everson; 1948 Shelley v. Kraemer

  5. Separation of church and state in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In Everson v. Board of Education (1947), Justice Hugo Black wrote: "In the words of Thomas Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect a wall of separation between church and state." In contrast to this emphasis on separation, the Supreme Court in Zorach v.

  6. Establishment Clause - Wikipedia

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    In Abington Township v. Schempp (1963), the case involving the mandatory reading of the Lord's Prayer in class, the Supreme Court introduced the "secular purpose" and "primary effect" tests, which were to be used to determine compatibility with the establishment clause. Essentially, the law in question must have a valid secular purpose, and its ...

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  8. Charles Wolcott Parker - Wikipedia

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    Parker also presided alongside Joseph B. Perskie over the NJ State Supreme Court Case, Everson vs Board of Education of Ewing Township, which would lead to the landmark US Supreme Court decision on the separation of church and state. [4] Charles W. Parker was born in Newark on October 22, 1862.

  9. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Vinson Court

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    330 U.S. 75 (1947) Hatch Act of 1940 United States v. United Mine Workers: 330 U.S. 258 (1947) injunction against a strike action: Crane v. Commissioner: 331 U.S. 1 (1947) determination of basis of property secured by a nonrecourse mortgage: Adamson v. California: 332 U.S. 46 (1947) Fifth Amendment, incorporation: International Salt Co. v ...