Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne

200 A.2d 615, 42 N.J. 351, 1964 N.J. LEXIS 213

CourtSupreme Court of New Jersey

DecidedMay 18, 1964

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne, 200 A.2d 615, 42 N.J. 351, 1964 N.J. LEXIS 213 (N.J. 1964).

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Opinion

Pee Cubiam.

The judgment entered in the Chancery Division declared R.. S. 18:14-77 and R. S. 18:14-78 to be unconstitutional and enjoined the defendants from authorizing or practicing religious ceremonies in the public schools of Hawthorne. The judgment was patently sound under the principles expressed by the United States Supreme Court in Abington School Dist. v. Schempp, 374 U. S. 203, 83 S. Ct. 1560, 10 L. Ed. 2d 844 (1963), and it is accordingly:

Affirmed.

For affirmance — -Chief Justice Weinteaub, and Justices Jacobs, Pbancis, Peoctoe, Hall, Schettino and Hanemar — 7.

For reversal — None.

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