Aguilar v. Felton
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Aguilar v. Felton was a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held it unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federal aid program, based on Establishment Clause concerns.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Aguilar v. Felton canonical | 1 |
| Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985) | 1 |
| Aguilar, et al. v. Felton, et al. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7802469 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aguilar v. Felton Context triple: [Agostini v. Felton, overruledCase, Aguilar v. Felton]
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A.
Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
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B.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aguilar v. Felton Target entity description: Aguilar v. Felton was a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held it unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federal aid program, based on Establishment Clause concerns.
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A.
Agostini v. Felton
Agostini v. Felton is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that reshaped Establishment Clause doctrine by allowing public school teachers to provide remedial instruction in religious schools under certain safeguards.
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B.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
City of Boerne v. Flores
City of Boerne v. Flores is a 1997 U.S. Supreme Court case that curtailed Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment and held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could not be applied to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
1985 court decision
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Establishment Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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education law ⓘ |
| citation | 473 U.S. 402 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Establishment Clause
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1985-07-01 ⓘ |
| dissentingJustices |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 84-237 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Aguilar, et al. v. Felton, et al.
ⓘ
linked to:
Aguilar v. Felton
|
| holding |
It is unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federally funded program.
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The New York City Title I program violated the Establishment Clause by sending public school teachers into parochial schools. ⓘ |
| impact | Restricted the use of public school teachers in parochial schools under federal aid programs until it was overruled. ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
constitutionality of public school teachers providing remedial education in religious schools
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separation of church and state in public education programs ⓘ |
| locationOfProgram | New York City ⓘ |
| majorityJustices |
Harry A. Blackmun
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John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O'Connor ⓘ
linked to:
Sandra Day O’Connor
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| overruledBy | Agostini v. Felton ⓘ |
| overruledDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| page | 402 ⓘ |
| party |
Aguilar
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Felton ⓘ |
| programInvolved | Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| reasoning |
The presence of public employees in parochial schools created excessive entanglement between government and religion.
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The program risked government indoctrination and symbolic union of church and state. ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Lemon v. Kurtzman
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School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | public funding of remedial education in religious schools ⓘ |
| subsequentHistory | Overruled in part by Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997). ⓘ |
| testApplied | Lemon test ⓘ |
| volume | 473 U.S. ⓘ |
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Subject: Aguilar v. Felton Description of subject: Aguilar v. Felton was a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held it unconstitutional for public school teachers to provide remedial education on the premises of religious schools under a federal aid program, based on Establishment Clause concerns.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Aguilar v. Felton
linked to: Aguilar v. Felton