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Flast v. Cohen
by the Supreme Court of the United States
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Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that a taxpayer has standing to sue the government to prevent an unconstitutional use of taxpayer funds. — Excerpted from Flast v. Cohen on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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United States Supreme Court

392 U.S. 83

Flast  v.  Cohen

 Argued: March 12, 1968. --- Decided: June 10, 1968

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Leo Pfeffer, New York City, for appellants.

Sol. Gen. Erwin N. Griswold, for appellees.

Sam J. Ervin, Jr., for Americans for Public Schools and Baptist General Assn. of Virginia, as amicus curiae.

Mr. Chief Justice WARREN 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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