- Aguilar v. Felton
Infobox SCOTUS case
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
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
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.
SCOTUS=1981-1986
Majority=Brennan
JoinMajority=Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
Dissent=Burger
Dissent2=White
Dissent3=Rehnquist
Dissent4=O'Connor
JoinDissent4=Rehnquist
LawsApplied=
Overruled="Agostini v. Felton ", ussc|521|203|1997"Aguilar v. Felton", 473 U.S. 402 (
1985 ), was a decision by theUnited States Supreme Court , which held thatNew York City 's program that sentpublic school teachers intoparochial school s to provide remedial education to disadvantaged children pursuant to Title I of theElementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 necessitated an excessive entanglement of church and state and violated theEstablishment Clause of theFirst Amendment to the United States Constitution ."Aguilar v. Felton" was subsequently overruled by "Agostini v. Felton", 521 U.S. 203 (1997).
ee also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 473
*United States Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment Further reading
*cite book |title=Religion, State and the Burger Court |last=Pfeffer |first=Leo |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1984 |publisher=Prometheus Books |location=Buffalo |isbn=0879752750 |pages=
*cite journal |last=Young |first=S. M. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1986 |month= |title="Lemon" Reconstituted: "Aguilar v. Felton" and Public Aid to Parochial Schools |journal=Northern Kentucky Law Review |volume=13 |issue= |pages=317 |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote=External links
* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./473/402/ Aguilar v. Felton, 473 U.S. 402 (1985)] (opinion full text).
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