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Legal Citation: 403 U.S. 672 (1971)

Appellant
Tilton, et al.

Appellee
Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, et al.

Appellant's Claim
Institutions receiving federal monies were sectarian, therefore under Higher Education Facilities Act, they should not get monies.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Leo Pfeffer

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Daniel M. Friedman

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Thurgood Marshall

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 June 1971

Decision
The Court ruled that money used for non-religious purposes did not violate the...