Stone v. Graham

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Stone v. Graham
DecideDate=November 17
DecideYear=1980
FullName=Stone, et al. v. Graham, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky
USVol=449
USPage=39
Citation=101 S. Ct. 192; 66 L. Ed. 2d 199; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 2; 49 U.S.L.W. 3369
Holding=A Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each public classroom in the State is unconstitutional because it lacks a secular legislative purpose.
SCOTUS=1975-1981
PerCuriam=yes

"Stone v. Graham", ussc|449|39|1980, was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each public classroom in the State, was unconstitutional, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, because it lacked a secular legislative purpose.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 449

External links

* [http://www.enfacto.com/case/U.S./449/39/ Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980)] (opinion full text).