Norwood v. Harrison

Text

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep413/usrep413455/usrep413455.pdf

Holding

State may loan textbooks on secular subjects to religious schools but not if those schools discriminate on racial grounds.

Citation

413 U.S. 455

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 opinion citation

Norwood v. Harrison, 340 F. Supp. 1003 (N.D. Miss. 1972), vacated, 413 U.S. 455 (1973)

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