Aguilar v. Felton explained

Litigants:Aguilar v. Felton
Arguedate:December 5
Argueyear:1984
Decidedate:July 1
Decideyear:1985
Fullname:Aguilar, et al. v. Felton, et al.
Usvol:473
Uspage:402
Parallelcitations:105 S. Ct. 3232; 87 L. Ed. 2d 290; 1985 U.S. LEXIS 117
Holding:Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 remedial services could not be provided on the premises of a parochial school because doing so violated the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
Majority:Brennan
Joinmajority:Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
Concurrence:Powell
Dissent:Burger
Dissent2:White
Dissent3:Rehnquist
Dissent4:O'Connor
Joindissent4:Rehnquist (Parts II and III)
Overruled:Agostini v. Felton (1997)

Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case holding that New York City's program that sent public school teachers into parochial schools to provide remedial education to disadvantaged children pursuant to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 necessitated an excessive entanglement of church and state and violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]

Aguilar v. Felton was subsequently overruled by Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203 (1997).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Bernstein, Nina . Nina Bernstein . The Lost Children of Wilder: The Epic Struggle to Change Foster Care . . 2001 . New York City . 358–359 . 978-0-679-75834-1 . 48994782.