Engel v. Vitale

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Establishment Clause case First Amendment case United States Supreme Court case landmark case

Engel v. Vitale is a 1962 U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled state-sponsored prayer in public schools unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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Label	Occurrences
Engel v. Vitale canonical	10
Engel et al. v. Vitale et al.	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Establishment Clause case ⓘ First Amendment case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ
appliedToStatesThrough	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ education law ⓘ religion and the law ⓘ
citation	370 U.S. 421 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Establishment Clause ⓘ First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decisionDate	1962-06-25 ⓘ
dissentingJustice	Potter Stewart ⓘ
docketNumber	468 ⓘ
effect	limited role of religion in official public school activities ⓘ
establishedDoctrine	school-sponsored religious activities are subject to Establishment Clause scrutiny ⓘ
fullCaseName	Engel v. Vitale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Engel et al. v. Vitale et al.
holding	government-written prayers in public schools violate the Establishment Clause ⓘ state-sponsored prayer in public schools is unconstitutional ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
languageOfPrayerCharacterization	government-composed, officially sanctioned prayer ⓘ
legalIssue	application of the Establishment Clause to state action ⓘ constitutionality of state-sponsored prayer in public schools ⓘ
majorityJustices	Earl Warren ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ John M. Harlan II ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Hugo L. Black ⓘ
originatingCourt	New York State Judiciary ⓘ surface form: New York state courts
party	Steven I. Engel ⓘ William J. Vitale Jr. ⓘ
precedentFor	subsequent school prayer cases in the United States ⓘ
principle	government must remain neutral in matters of religion in public schools ⓘ
relatedCase	Abington School District v. Schempp ⓘ Lee v. Weisman ⓘ Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe ⓘ surface form: Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe
result	prohibition of official school prayer in public schools ⓘ
stateAgencyInvolved	New York State Board of Regents ⓘ
stateInvolved	New York ⓘ
subjectMatter	church–state separation in public education ⓘ school prayer ⓘ
typeOfPrayerChallenged	non-denominational prayer drafted by a state agency ⓘ
voteSplit	6–1 ⓘ
yearDecided	1962 ⓘ

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution → hasLandmarkCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Establishment Clause → keyCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Engel v. Vitale → fullCaseName → Engel v. Vitale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Engel et al. v. Vitale et al.

Lemon v. Kurtzman → relatedCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Everson v. Board of Education → relatedTo → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe → relatedCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Abington School District v. Schempp → relatedCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Steven I. Engel → roleIn → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Steven I. Engel → leadPlaintiffIn → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

William J. Vitale Jr. → namedAsPartyIn → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ

Warren Court era → notableCase → Engel v. Vitale ⓘ