| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| McCollum v. Bd. of Educ., 333 U.S. 203 | 1948 | Invalidating program allowing clerics to hold religion classes in public schools during school hours. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Released Time
| |
| Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 | 1952 | Upheld program allowing students to attend religion classes off public school grounds. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Released Time
| |
| Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 | 1962 | Disallowed state program of daily classroom prayer. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Sch. Dist. of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 | 1963 | Disallowed practice of daily classroom prayer and devotional Bible recitation. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Chamberlin v. Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 377 U.S. 40 (per curiam) | 1964 | Reading of Bible and recitation of Lord's Prayer in public school unconstitutional. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (per curiam) | 1980 | Disallowed state law requiring posting of Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Treen v. Karen B., 455 U.S. 913 (summarily aff'd) | 1982 | Statute authorizing student volunteers to lead classroom prayer in public schools violates Establishment Clause. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38 | 1985 | Disallowed state law requiring moment of silence for prayer or meditation in public schools. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Cooper v. Eugene Sch. Dist. No. 4J, 480 U.S. 942 (appeal dismissed for want of substantial federal question) | 1987 | White clothing and turban worn by Sikh special education teacher could be banned out of desire to keep public schools religiously neutral. |
Employers and Religious Workers
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Westside Bd. of Educ. v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (plurality in part) | 1990 | Upheld Equal Access Act. |
Equal Access in Schools
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 | 1992 | Disallowed practice of clergy offering prayers during public school graduation ceremonies. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Sante Fe Ind. Sch. Dist. v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 | 2000 | *District Court's alternative prayer policy in which school district was to hold two student elections, first, to determine whether to have invocations at athletic contests, and, second, to select the spokesperson violates the First Amendment. |
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Good News Club v. Milford Cent. Sch., 533 U.S. 98
(U.S.) | 2001 | *Refused to let Christian Club meet on public school property violates Constitution. |
Equal Access in Schools
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
| |
| Newdow v. U.S. Congress, 328 F.3d 466 (9th Cir.) | 2002 | *Both the 1954 Act of Congress adding Under God to the Pledge of Allegiance and a public school's practice of teacher-led recitation of the Pledge violate the Establishment Clause. |
Flag Salute
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Religious Speech
| |
| Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 542 U.S. 1 | 2004 | Non-custodial father of minor does not have standing to challenge his daughter’s voluntary recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag. |
Flag Salute
Prayer/Religion in Public Schools
Religious Speech
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