Stone v. Graham
1980 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980), the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Kentucky statute was unconstitutional and in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, because it lacked a nonreligious, legislative purpose. The statute required the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments on the wall of each public classroom in the state. The copies of the Ten Commandments were purchased with private funding, but the Court ruled that because they were being placed in public classrooms they were in violation of the First Amendment.
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Quick Facts Stone v. Graham, Decided November 17, 1980 ...
Stone v. Graham | |
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Decided November 17, 1980 | |
Full case name | Sydell Stone, et al. v. James B. Graham, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky |
Citations | 449 U.S. 39 (more) 101 S. Ct. 192; 66 L. Ed. 2d 199; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2; 49 U.S.L.W. 3369 |
Holding | |
A Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each public classroom in the State is unconstitutional because it lacks a secular legislative purpose. | |
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Dissent | Burger, Blackmun |
Dissent | Stewart |
Dissent | Rehnquist |
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