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Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, 454 U.S. 464 (1982), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court refused to expand the Flast v. Cohen exception to the taxpayer standing rule.
Presbyterian Church v. Hull Church, 393 U.S. 440 (1969), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the secession of two local churches, including Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church, from the parent body Presbyterian Church in the United States because, they claimed, the Church had departed from its original doctrinal tenets.
The case is famous for Brewer's statements that America is a "Christian nation". These, and many other matters which might be noticed, add a volume of unofficial declarations to the mass of organic utterances that this is a Christian nation. 143 U.S. 457 (1892) [3]
The lawsuits seek compensatory and punitive damages for alleged church and leaders’ negligence, as well as emotional anguish and distress from alleged “outrageous” conduct of the defendants.
1947, first case concerning separation of church and state; supporting bussing for children to private religious schools and declaring that states were required to provide the same guarantees of religious freedom as the federal government; 1948, banning religious instruction in public schools
The case was based upon a dispute regarding the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky (also known as the Third Presbyterian Church). [3] [2] Because the Walnut Street Presbyterian Church had a clear internal authority structure, the court granted control of the property to that group, even though it was only supported by a minority of the congregation.
Everson's holding incorporating the Establishment Clause was controversial and more cases followed. [17] A few months later the Court reaffirmed this holding in the first released time case McCollum v. Board of Education. [11] [18] The court continued to hear cases about religion in public schools in cases like Abington v.
Officials with the International Churches of Christ and International Christian Church declined to comment on the allegations. Church leaders concealed sexual abuse of young children, lawsuits ...