Lemon v. Kurtzman

E34039

Establishment Clause case First Amendment case United States Supreme Court case

Lemon v. Kurtzman is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the "Lemon test" for determining whether government actions violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Establishment Clause case → First Amendment case → United States Supreme Court case →
appliedToStatesThrough	Fourteenth Amendment →
areaOfLaw	church–state relations → constitutional law →
arguedDate	1970-03-03 → 1970-03-04 →
chiefJusticeAtDecision	Warren E. Burger →
citation	403 U.S. 602 →
concurrenceBy	Byron R. White NERFINISHED → Hugo L. Black → Potter Stewart NERFINISHED → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED → William O. Douglas NERFINISHED →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	First Amendment to the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
court	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	1971-06-28 →
defendant	David H. Kurtzman →
defendantOffice	Pennsylvania Superintendent of Public Instruction →
docketNumber	569 → 570 → 89 →
established	Lemon test →
fullName	Lemon v. Kurtzman →
holding	Certain state programs providing financial aid to church-related educational institutions violate the Establishment Clause →
joinedByInMajority	Byron R. White NERFINISHED → Hugo L. Black → John M. Harlan II → Potter Stewart NERFINISHED → Thurgood Marshall → William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED → William O. Douglas NERFINISHED →
legalIssue	Establishment Clause of the First Amendment → state financial aid to parochial schools →
LemonTestProng	government action must have a secular legislative purpose → government action must not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion → principal or primary effect of the government action must neither advance nor inhibit religion →
majorityOpinionBy	Warren E. Burger →
originatingJurisdiction	Pennsylvania → Rhode Island →
overruledOrLimitedBy	Agostini v. Felton →
page	602 →
plaintiff	Alton J. Lemon →
relatedCase	Engel v. Vitale → Everson v. Board of Education → Wallace v. Jaffree →
reporter	United States Reports →
volume	403 →
yearDecided	1971 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Allegheny v. ACLU → Lynch v. Donnelly → Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe →	relatedCase
Lemon v. Kurtzman →	fullName
First Amendment to the United States Constitution →	hasLandmarkCase
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court →	hasNotableCase
Establishment Clause →	keyCase
Lemon test →	originatedInCase
Everson v. Board of Education →	relatedTo