Lemon v. Kurtzman

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Lemon v. Kurtzman is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the "Lemon test" for determining whether government actions violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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Lemon v. Kurtzman canonical 25
Lemon v. Kurtzman named after him 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Establishment Clause case ⓘ
First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
appliedToStatesThrough Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
areaOfLaw church–state relations ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate 1970-03-03 ⓘ
1970-03-04 ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision Warren E. Burger ⓘ
citation 403 U.S. 602 ⓘ
concurrenceBy Byron R. White ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1971-06-28 ⓘ
defendant David H. Kurtzman ⓘ
defendantOffice Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction ⓘ
docketNumber 569 ⓘ
570 ⓘ
89 ⓘ
established Lemon test ⓘ
fullName Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ
holding Certain state programs providing financial aid to church-related educational institutions violate the Establishment Clause ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Byron R. White ⓘ
Hugo L. Black ⓘ
John M. Harlan II ⓘ
Potter Stewart ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
William O. Douglas ⓘ
legalIssue Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ
state financial aid to parochial schools ⓘ
LemonTestProng government action must have a secular legislative purpose ⓘ
government action must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion ⓘ
principal or primary effect of the government action must neither advance nor inhibit religion ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Warren E. Burger ⓘ
originatingJurisdiction Pennsylvania ⓘ
Rhode Island ⓘ
overruledOrLimitedBy Agostini v. Felton ⓘ
page 602 ⓘ
plaintiff Alton J. Lemon ⓘ
relatedCase Engel v. Vitale ⓘ
Everson v. Board of Education ⓘ
Wallace v. Jaffree ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
volume 403 ⓘ
yearDecided 1971 ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

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