# Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne

> Supreme Court of New Jersey · May 18, 1964 · 42 N.J. 351

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/1482873

## Case

- **Full name:** Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of the State of New Jersey and State Board of Education, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Board of Education of Hawthorne, New Jersey, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Jersey
- **Decided:** May 18, 1964
- **Citations:** 42 N.J. 351; 200 A.2d 615; 1964 N.J. LEXIS 213
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Pee Cubiam.
The judgment entered in the Chancery Division declared
R.. S.
18:14-77 and
R. S.
18:14-78 to be unconstitutional and enjoined the defendants from authorizing or practicing religious ceremonies in the public schools of Hawthorne. The judgment was patently sound under the principles expressed by the United States Supreme Court in
Abington School Dist. v. Schempp,
374 U.
S.
203 , 83
S. Ct.
1560 , 10
L. Ed. 2d
844 (1963), and it is accordingly:
Affirmed.
For affirmance
— -Chief Justice Weinteaub, and Justices Jacobs, Pbancis, Peoctoe, Hall, Schettino and Hanemar — 7.
For reversal
— None.

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