Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Supreme Court decision
By: James Clark McReynolds
Date: June 1, 1925
Source: Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. 268 U.S. 510 (1925). Available online at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=case... ; website home page: http://www.findlaw.com (accessed October 21, 2002).
About the Author: James Clark McReynolds (1862–1946) was born in Kentucky. McReynolds served as Woodrow Wilson's attorney general and in 1914 was appointed by him to the U.S. Supreme Court. McReynolds wrote the opinion in the Supreme Court's decision in Pierce v. Society of the Sisters. He died on August 24, 1946, at the age of eighty-four.
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