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Majority Opinion
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Burger, C.J. (joined by White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist and O’Connor, JJ.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Brennan, J. (joined by Marshall and Stevens, JJ.) |
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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 upheld. |
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Oral Arguments
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audio record (Oyez)
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska Shanler D. Cronk
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| Briefs |
American Jewish Congress, Anti-Defamation League of B’Nai B’rith, John Garth Murray (for Respondents)
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National Conference of State Legislatures (as amicus curiae)
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Solicitor General Lee (for Petitioners)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Chambers v. Marsh, 675 F.2d 228, (C.A.Neb., 1982)
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| News |
"Chaplains and Children," The Washington Post, Jan. 28, 1984, sect. A, pg. 14
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"Council Pays for Prayer," Los Angeles Times, Jul. 28, 1983, sect. SB, pg. 4
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Barbash, Fred, "By 6-3, Supreme Court Upholds Chaplains for State Legislatures," The Washington Post, Jul. 6, 1983, sect. A, pg. 4
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Griffen, Robert H., "What the Founders Meant," The Washington Post, Nov. 14, 1985, sect. A, pg. 22
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sect. 12.2.5.1
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Nowak, John E. & Rotunda, Ronald D., PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2ND ED., 2005), sect. 17.3, 17.5
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (22nd ed., 1988) sect. 14.15
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Witte, John, Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), pp. 235-236
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