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Legal Citation: 343 U.S. 306 (1952)

Appellant
Tessim Zorach

Appellee
Andrew G. Clauson, Jr.

Appellant's Claim
That New York City's program of "released time" for students to attend religious instruction away from school premises violated the First Amendment mandate of church-state separation.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Kenneth W. Greenawalt

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Michael A. Castaldi

Justices for the Court
Harold Burton, Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas (writing for the Court), Sherman Minton, Stanley Forman Reed, Fred Moore Vinson

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, Felix Frankfurter, Robert H. Jackson

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
28 April 1952

Decision
The Supreme Court upheld the program.

Significance
Although...