| Bowen v. Kendrick | |
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| Argued March 30, 1988 Decided June 29, 1988 | |
| Full case name | Bowen v. Kendrick |
| Citations | 487 U.S. 589 (more) 108 S. Ct. 2562; 101 L. Ed. 2d 520 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Kendrick v. Bowen, 657 F. Supp. 1547 (D.D.C. 1987) |
| Holding | |
| The Adolescent Family Life Act did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Rehnquist, joined by White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy |
| Concurrence | O'Connor |
| Concurrence | Kennedy, joined by Scalia |
| Dissent | Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Stevens |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I, Adolescent Family Life Act | |
Bowen v. Kendrick, 487 U.S. 589 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Adolescent Family Life Act.[1]