Zorach v. Clauson

Zorach v. Clauson
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 31 – February 1, 1952
Decided April 28, 1952
Full case nameZorach, et al. v. Clauson, et al., constituting the Board of Education of the City of New York, et al.
Citations343 U.S. 306 (more)
72 S. Ct. 679; 96 L. Ed. 954; 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2773
Case history
Prior303 N.Y. 161, 100 N.E.2d 463 (1951); probable jurisdiction noted, 72 S. Ct. 232 (1951).
Holding
Released time programs are acceptable if the instruction takes place away from the school campus, for 1 hour per week, and with no public funding.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityDouglas, joined by Vinson, Reed, Burton, Clark, Minton
DissentBlack
DissentFrankfurter
DissentJackson
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I
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Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952), was a release time case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a school district allowing students to leave a public school for part of the day to receive off-site religious instruction did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.[1]

  1. ^ Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952).