Aguilar v. Felton
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Aguilar v. Felton was a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held it unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federal aid program, based on Establishment Clause concerns.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1985 court decision
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Establishment Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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education law ⓘ |
| citation | 473 U.S. 402 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Establishment Clause
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1985-07-01 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
Byron R. White
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Lewis F. Powell Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren E. Burger NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 84-237 ⓘ |
| fullName | Aguilar, et al. v. Felton, et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
It is unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federally funded program.
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The New York City Title I program violated the Establishment Clause by sending public school teachers into parochial schools. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact | Restricted the use of public school teachers in parochial schools under federal aid programs until it was overruled. ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of public school teachers providing remedial education in religious schools
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separation of church and state in public education programs ⓘ |
| locationOfProgram | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Harry A. Blackmun
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John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Sandra Day O'Connor NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledBy | Agostini v. Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| page | 402 ⓘ |
| party |
Aguilar
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Felton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programInvolved | Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasoning |
The presence of public employees in parochial schools created excessive entanglement between government and religion.
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The program risked government indoctrination and symbolic union of church and state. ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Lemon v. Kurtzman
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School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | public funding of remedial education in religious schools ⓘ |
| subsequentHistory | Overruled in part by Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997). ⓘ |
| testApplied | Lemon test NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| volume | 473 U.S. ⓘ |
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