Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Louis Grumet et al.

Decided June 27, 1994. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-517 · 512 U.S. 687 (1994) · Cited 403 times

Holding

The judgment is affirmed.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc. · 459 U.S. 116 (1982)
• Lemon v. Kurtzman · 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• Aguilar v. Felton · 473 U.S. 402 (1985)
• Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos · 483 U.S. 327 (1987)
• Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New York · 397 U.S. 664 (1970)
• Zorach v. Clauson · 343 U.S. 306 (1952)
• Lee v. Weisman · 505 U.S. 577 (1992)
• Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith · 494 U.S. 872 (1990)
• Wolman v. Walter · 433 U.S. 229 (1977)
• McDaniel v. Paty · 435 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock · 489 U.S. 1 (1989)
• County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union · 492 U.S. 573 (1989)
• Wallace v. Jaffree · 472 U.S. 38 (1985)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District · 508 U.S. 384 (1993)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Gillette v. United States · 401 U.S. 437 (1971)
• Bowen v. Kendrick · 487 U.S. 589 (1988)
• School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball · 473 U.S. 373 (1985)
• Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah · 508 U.S. 520 (1993)
• Torcaso v. Watkins · 367 U.S. 488 (1961)
• Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District · 509 U.S. 1 (1993)
• Witters v. Washington Department of Services for the Blind · 474 U.S. 481 (1986)
• Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing · 330 U.S. 1 (1947)
• Widmar v. Vincent · 454 U.S. 263 (1981)
• Epperson v. Arkansas · 393 U.S. 97 (1968)
• Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich · 426 U.S. 696 (1976)
• Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist · 413 U.S. 756 (1973)
• Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla. · 480 U.S. 136 (1987)
• Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. · 472 U.S. 703 (1985)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Rosenberger v. Rector & Visitors of University of Virginia · 515 U.S. 819 (1995)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• Mitchell v. Helms · 530 U.S. 793 (2000)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette · 515 U.S. 753 (1995)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• American Legion v. American Humanist Assn. · 588 U.S. 29 (2019)
• Trump v. Hawaii · 585 U.S. 667 (2018)
• McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky. · 545 U.S. 844 (2005)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• Vieth v. Jubelirer · 541 U.S. 267 (2004)
• Shurtleff v. Boston · 596 U.S. 243 (2022)

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