Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Wiest v. Mt. Lebanon School District
Wiest v. Mt. Leb. Sch. Dist., 419 U.S. 967 (1974)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1974-10-29
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- invocations at high school graduation ceremonies have secular purpose on the basis of history and tradition
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court held invocation and benediction delivered by clergy did not violate either the Pennsylvania Constitution or the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment
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Sup. Ct. Pa. Certiorari denied.