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Majority Opinion
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Reynolds, J. |
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Lower Court
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Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Issued a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Compulsory Education Act of 1922. |
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George E. Chamberlain and Albery H. Putney (for Petitioner Pierce)
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J.P. Kavanaugh (for Respondent Society of the Sisters)
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John C. Veatch (for Respondent Hill Military Academy)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary v. Pierce, 296 F. 928, (D.C. Or., 1924)
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| News |
"Court Invalidates Oregon School Law; Federal Judges Rule Compulsion Infringes Parents’ Constitutional Rights. Enforcement is Enjoined, State Will Appeal to Supreme Court to Make All Children Go to Public Schools," New York Times, Apr. 1, 1924, pg. 1
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"Excerpts From Catholics’ Legal Study of Federal Aid to Church Schools," New York Times, Dec. 15, 1961, pg. 33
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"Oregon School Law Declared Invalid by Supreme Court; Bench Unanimously Upholds Right of Parent to Dictate Child’s Education," New York Times, Jun. 2, 1925, pg. 1
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Carter, Stephen, "Parents, Religion, and Schools: Reflections on Pierce, 70 Years Later," 27 Seton Hall Law Review 1194 (1997)
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Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES & POLICIES (2nd ed., 2002), sect.
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Nowak, John E. & Rotunda, Ronald D., PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2ND ED., 2005), sect. 17.7
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Tribe, Laurence, AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (22nd ed., 1988) sect. 14.16, 15.6
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Witte, John, Jr., RELIGION AND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENT (2000), p. 111
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