Engel v. Vitale case brief summary
370 U.S. 421 (1962)
CASE FACTS
Petitioner parents requested a writ of certiorari on a judgment of the state court of appeals rendered for respondent Board of Education and upholding the order from the lower state courts allowing respondent's authority to use prayer in the public schools so long as no pupil was required to pray if his parents refused permission. The court granted certiorari.
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION
The court granted certiorari to petitioner parents. The court reversed the judgment of the state court of appeals rendered for respondent Board of Education and affirming the order of the lower state courts supporting respondent's power to use prayer in the public schools, provided that the schools forced no pupils to be involved in the prayer. The court held that the practice violated the constitutional wall of separation of church and state.
370 U.S. 421 (1962)
CASE SYNOPSIS
Petitioner parents applied for a writ of
certiorari after the Court of Appeals of New York granted a judgment
for respondent, a board of education, which sustained an order of the
lower state courts that upheld the board's authority to utilize
prayer in the public schools on the condition that no pupil was
compelled to participate. The parents contended that the practice
violated U.S. Constitutional Amendment I.CASE FACTS
Petitioner parents requested a writ of certiorari on a judgment of the state court of appeals rendered for respondent Board of Education and upholding the order from the lower state courts allowing respondent's authority to use prayer in the public schools so long as no pupil was required to pray if his parents refused permission. The court granted certiorari.
DISCUSSION
- The court reversed the challenged judgment and remanded the matter.
- The court decided that respondent's decision to use its school system to facilitate recitation of the official prayer constituted the adoption of a practice entirely inconsistent with Establishment Clause, U.S. Constitutional Amendment I.
- The court held that respondent's use of the prayer in its school system breached the constitutional wall of separation between church and state.
- The court ruled that the constitutional prohibition of laws establishing religion meant that government had no business drafting formal prayers for any segment of its population to repeat in a government-sponsored religious program.
- The court found that respondent's provision of the contested daily prayer was inconsistent with the Establishment Clause.
CONCLUSION
The court granted certiorari to petitioner parents. The court reversed the judgment of the state court of appeals rendered for respondent Board of Education and affirming the order of the lower state courts supporting respondent's power to use prayer in the public schools, provided that the schools forced no pupils to be involved in the prayer. The court held that the practice violated the constitutional wall of separation of church and state.
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