EVERSON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EWING ET AL. (1947) - Ballotpedia

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EVERSON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EWING ET AL.

Term: 1946
Important Dates
Argued: November 20, 1946
Decided: February 10, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Wiley Rutledge

EVERSON v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF EWING ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 10, 1947. The case was argued before the court on November 20, 1946.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Jersey State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
Petitioner: State or local governmental taxpayer, or executor of the estate of
Petitioner state: New Jersey
Respondent type: Local school district or board of education
Respondent state: New Jersey
Citation: 330 U.S. 1
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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