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Legal Citation: 403 U.S. 602 (1971)

Appellant
Alton J. Lemon

Appellee
David H. Kurtzman, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Appellant's Claim
That state payment of teachers of secular subjects in parochial schools violates the First Amendment mandate of separation of church and state.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Henry W. Sawyer III

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
J. Shane Creamer

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), William O. Douglas, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None (Thurgood Marshall did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 June 1971

Decision
The Supreme...