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School District of Abington Township v. Schempp

U.S.
Oct 24, 1960
364 U.S. 298 (1960)

Opinion

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 297.

Decided October 24, 1960.

Judgment vacated and case remanded.

Reported below: 177 F. Supp. 398.

C. Brewster Rhoads, Percival R. Rieder and Philip H. Ward III for appellants.

Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and John D. Killian III, Deputy Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amicus curiae.


The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the District Court for such further proceedings as may be appropriate in light of Act No. 700 of the Laws of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed at the Session of 1959 and approved by the Governor of the Commonwealth on December 17, 1959.


Summaries of

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp

U.S.
Oct 24, 1960
364 U.S. 298 (1960)
Case details for

School District of Abington Township v. Schempp

Case Details

Full title:SCHOOL DISTRICT OF ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PA., ET AL. v . SCHEMPP ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Oct 24, 1960

Citations

364 U.S. 298 (1960)
81 S. Ct. 268

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