Everson v. Board of Education

Text

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep330/usrep330001/usrep330001.pdf

Holding

Expressly applied establishment clause to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment; but it is not establishment of religion for states to provide school bus transportation to religious and public school children alike.

Citation

330 U.S. 1

Year

Ratio

Author

Religious Tradition Involved

State/Territory of Origin

Clause (Free Exercise / Establishment / Both / Other)

Does it involve religious institution(s) or individual(s)

Local / State / Federal Legislation

Dissent Author(s)

Uphold / Overturn Penultimate Court

Penultimate court of appeals

Penultimate court opinion citation

Everson v. Bd. of Ed. of Ewing Tp., 44 A.2d 333 (N.J. 1945), aff'd, 330 U.S. 1 (1947)

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