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Majority Opinion
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Black, J. (Frankfurter, J. & White, J. did not participate in the case) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Douglas, J. |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Stewart, J. |
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Lower Court
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New York Court of Appeals |
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Lower Court Ruling
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First Amendment Establishment claim denied. |
| Lawyers |
Porter R. Chandler (for Repondent Intervenors)
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| Briefs |
A. C. Miller, Attorney General of South Dakota, Will Wilson, Attorney General of Texas, and C. Donald Robertson, Attorney General of West Virginia
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Charles A. Brind for the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York (supporting Respondents)
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David Stahl, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, J. Joseph Nugent, Attorney General of Rhode Island, Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina (supporting Respondent)
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Herbert A. Wolff, Leo Rosen & Nancy Wechsler for the American Ethical Union (supporting Petitioners)
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Leo Pfeffer, Lewis H. Weinstein, Albert Wald, Shad Polier and Samuel Lawrence Brennglass for the Synagogue Council of America et al. (supporting Petitioners)
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Louis Caplan, Edwin J. Lukas, Paul Hartman, Theodore Leskes and Sol Rabkin for the American Jewish Committee et al. (supporting Petitioners)
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Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia, Frank Benson, Attorney General of Idaho, Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General of Indiana (supporting Respondent)
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Roger D. Foley, Attorney General of Nevada, Robert Pickrell, Attorney General of Arizona, Frank Holt, Attorney General of Arkansas, Albert L. Coles, Attorney General of Connecticut (supporting Respondent)
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William M. Ferguson, Attorney General of Kansas, Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, Thomas B. Finan, Attorney General of Maryland, Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi (supporting Respondent)
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William Maynard, Attorney General of New Hampshire, Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, Earl E. Hartley, Attorney General of New Mexico, Leslie R. Burgum, Attorney General of North Dakota (supporting Respondent)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
In the Matter of Matter of Engel v. Vitale, 11 A D 2d 340 (NY. App. Div., 1960) (per curiam, 4-1)
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In the Matter of Vitale v. Engel, 10 N. Y. 2d 174, 176 N. E. 2d 579 (NY, 1961) (5-2)
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.) (2006), pp. 1216-1218
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Dickson, Del, THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE, 1940-1985 (2001), pp. 423-425
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Gey, Steven G., RELIGION AND THE STATE (2nd Ed.) (2006), pp. 295-302
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Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.) (1996), pp. 1549, 1553, 1558, 1572
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| Books |
Witte, John Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 167-168
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