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| Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District | |
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| Argued February 24, 1993 Decided June 7, 1993 | |
| Full case name | Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District |
| Citations | 508 U.S. 384 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2141; 124 L. Ed. 2d 352 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Injunction denied, 736 F. Supp. 1247 (E.D.N.Y. 1990); summary judgment granted, 770 F. Supp. 91 (E.D.N.Y. 1991); affirmed, 959 F.2d 381 (2d Cir. 1992); cert. granted, 506 U.S. 813 (1992). |
| Subsequent | On remand, 17 F.3d 1425 (2d Cir. 1994) |
| Holding | |
| Under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, a public school may not refuse to allow religious films. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | White, joined by Rehnquist, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Souter |
| Concurrence | Kennedy (in part) |
| Concurrence | Scalia (in judgment), joined by Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District, 508 U.S. 384 (1993), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment was offended by a school district that refused to allow a church access to school premises to show films dealing with family and child-rearing issues faced by parents. In a unanimous decision,[1] the court concluded that it was.
- ^ There were nine votes for the result, but the court split 6-3 on the reasoning. (Justices Kennedy and Scalia filed opinions concurring in the judgment; Justice Thomas joined Scalia's opinion)