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Legal Citation: 509 U.S. 1 (1993)

Petitioner
Larry Zobrest, et al.

Respondent
Catalina Foothills School District

Petitioner's Claim
The government can pay to provide a sign language interpreter for a deaf student attending a parochial school without violating the constitutional separation of church and state.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
William B. Ball

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
John C. Richardson

Justices for the Court
Anthony M. Kennedy, William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
18 June 1993

Decision
Reversed lower court rulings and held that the provision of a sign...