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Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States. [1] The court ruled in an 8–0 decision that Pennsylvania's Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act (represented through David Kurtzman) from 1968 was unconstitutional and in an 8–1 decision that Rhode Island's 1969 Salary Supplement Act was unconstitutional, violating the ...
Lemon was the named lead plaintiff in Lemon v. Kurtzman a 1971 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law allowing public tax funds to be paid to parochial schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. [8] It is one of the most highly cited Supreme Court decisions.
Some scholars understand the endorsement test as an addition to standards outlined in Lemon, while others view it as a minimal formulation of Lemon, i.e., that while endorsement may not be the only thing that violates the purpose and effects prongs of the Lemon test, it is the first and most important evidence that such a violation has occurred.
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Kurtzman. The SCOTUS not applying the Lemon test to determine the case didn't mean that Lemon is overturned. Sotomayor stated that the court overruled Lemon, but other justices didn't say so, merely rejecting the use of Lemon on this case. This means that Lemon test would still be around to be used, though it may not be used for future cases.
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Kennedy repudiated the Lemon Test but did not overrule Lemon v. Kurtzman. The Lemon decision was about various forms of public assistance to private schools, including religious schools. This was not at issue in Kennedy, so it could overrule Lemon. With the Lemon Test gone, I have no doubt that a case involving facts similar to those of Lemon ...
Kurtzman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), American film and television screenwriter and producer; David Kurtzman (1904–1977), American university Chancellor; Harvey Kurtzman (1924–1993), American cartoonist and editor of several comic books and magazines