McCollum v. Board of Education

McCollum v. Board of Education (1948)

Syllabus

McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948), was a landmark case ruled upon by the United States Supreme Court in 1948, and related to the power of a state to use its tax-supported public school system in aid of religious instruction. The case was an early test of the separation of church and state with respect to education.

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Court Documents

Opinion of the Court

Concurring Opinions: Frankfurter; Jackson

Dissenting Opinion: Reed

United States Supreme Court

333 U.S. 203

McCollum v. Board of Education

Appeal from the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois

No. 90 Argued: December 8, 1947 --- Decided: March 8, 1948

Mr. Walter F. Dodd, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Messrs. Owen Rall, of Chicago, Ill., and John L. Franklin, of Champaign, Ill., for appellees.

Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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