Shepard, Attorney General of Idaho, William M. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia, Allan G. Flowers, Attorney General of Alabama, Robert Pickrell, Attorney General of Arizona, Bruce Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, Richard W. Sweeney, Assistant Attorneys General of Maryland. Finan, Attorney General of Maryland, argued the cause for the State of Maryland, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance in No. Kerpelman argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners in No. Sawyer III argued the cause for appellees in No. With them on the brief were David Stahl, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Percival R. Ward III argued the cause for appellants in No. Killian III, Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Philip H. Curlett et al., Constituting the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City, on certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Maryland, argued February 27, 1963.īecause of the prohibition of the First Amendment against the enactment by Congress of any law "respecting an establishment of religion," which is made applicable to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, no state law or school board may require that passages from the Bible be read or that the Lord's Prayer be recited in the public schools of a State at the beginning of each school day - even if individual students may be excused from attending or participating in such exercises upon written request of their parents. SCHEMPP ET AL.ĪPPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.
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