Jaffree v. Board of School Commissioners
GPTKB entity
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
court case
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| gptkbp:applicationNumber |
83-812
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
affirmed lower court ruling
reaffirmed separation of church and state religious expression in schools |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
civil rights case
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| gptkbp:citedBy |
legal textbooks
law reviews |
| gptkbp:court |
5-4 ruling
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| gptkbp:date |
June 4, 1985
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| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
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| gptkbp:education |
school district policies
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
subsequent litigation
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
landmark case
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| gptkbp:homeGround |
challenge to school policy
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Jaffree v. Board of School Commissioners
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| gptkbp:impact |
school policies on prayer
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
social movements
religious groups |
| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Justice_Rehnquist
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| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:First_Amendment private attorney school prayer 459 U.S. 1312 |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Equal Access Act |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
constitutional law
law students involved constitutional rights impact on public education involved educational policy involved legal precedent involved prayer in public schools involved state-sponsored prayer involved_First_Amendment_rights |
| gptkbp:outcome |
ruled unconstitutional
|
| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
gptkb:M._L._Jaffree
gptkb:Alabama_Board_of_Education |
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Justice_Brennan
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| gptkbp:precedent |
Establishment Clause
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| gptkbp:publicAccess |
controversial
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| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Engel_v._Vitale
gptkb:Wallace_v._Jaffree |
| gptkbp:significance |
separation of church and state
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| gptkbp:state |
gptkb:Alabama
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| gptkbp:year |
1985
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