Great American Court Cases | Everson v. Board of Education

Legal Citation: 330 U.S. 1 (1947)

Appellant
Arch R. Everson

Appellee
Board of Education of Ewing Township

Appellant's Claim
That a New Jersey law authorizing school boards to reimburse parents for the costs of transporting their children to schools, both public and parochial, violates the principle of separation of church and state.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Edward R. Burke and E. Hilton Jackson

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
William H. Speer

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson

Justices Dissenting
Harold Burton, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley Blount Rutledge

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
10 February 1947

Decision
The Supreme Court...