Home > Great American Court Cases > Valley Forge College v. Americans United

Legal Citation: 454 U.S. 464 (1982)

Petitioner
Valley Forge Christian College

Respondent
Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc., et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That donation of a surplus federal facility to a private sectarian college did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
C. Clark Hodgson, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Lee Boothby

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, John Paul Stevens

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 January 1982

Decision
Reversed a court of appeals finding that citizens...