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Majority Opinion
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O'Connor, J. (joined on Parts I, II-A, II-B, and II-C by Rehnquist, C. J., White, J., Blackmun, J., Scalia, J., and Kennedy, J., and on Part III by Rehnquist, C.J., White, J., Blackmun, J., and Kennedy, J.) |
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Concurring Opinion
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Kennedy J., (joined by Scalia, J.) concurring in judgment, & Marshall, J. (joined by Brennan, J.) concurring in judgment |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Stevens, J. |
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Lower Court
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8th Circuit |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Establishment Clause claim denied |
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| Briefs |
Albert L. Jordan for the Southern Center for Law & Ethics
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Andrew J. Ekonomou for Dr. David Moshman
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Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs et al. (for respondent)
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Kevin T. Baine and Kevin J. Hasson for the Knights of Columbus
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Kevin T. Baine and Kevin J. Hasson for the Rutherford Institute et al. (for respondent)
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Mark E. Chopko and John A. Liekweg for the United States Catholic Conference
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Nancy J. Gannon for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (for respondent)
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ordan W. Lorence, Cimron Campbell, and Wendell R. Bird for Concerned Women for America (for respondents)
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Richard Collin Mangrum, pro se
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Richard E. Shevitz, Ruti G. Teitel, Meyer Eisenberg, Jeffrey P. Sinensky, Steven M. Freeman, and Jill L. Kahn for the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith et al. (for petitioners)
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Robert R. Thompson for Campus Crusades for Christ, Inc.
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Samuel Rabinove, Richard T. Foltin, and Lee Boothby for the American Jewish Congress (for petitioners)
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Thomas Patrick Monaghan for Specialty Research Associates, Inc.
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Wendell R. Bird for Christian Advocates Serving Evangelism (for respondents)
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Wendolyn H. Gregory, August W. Steinhilber, and Thomas A. Shannon for the National School Boards Association (for petitioners)
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William R. Weissman, David W. Danner, and Susan M. Liss for People for the American Way (for petitioners)
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| News Stories & Commentary |
Greenhouse, Linda, "High Court Rules Religious Clubs Can Meet in Public High Schools," The New York Times, June 5, 1990, Sect. A, P. 1
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Marcus, Ruth, "Schools Brace for Fallout From Bible-Club Ruling," The Washington Post, June 11, 1991, Sect. A, P. 4
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Niebuhr, Gustav, "Conservatives' New Frontier: Religious Liberty Law Firms," The New York Times, July 8, 1995, Sect. A, P. 1
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| Books |
Witte, John, Jr. RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 145, 159, 180-181.
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