# State Board of Education v. Board of Education

> Supreme Court of New Jersey · November 9, 1970 · 57 N.J. 172

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2085940

## Case

- **Full name:** State Board of Education, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. Board of Education of Netcong, New Jersey, Et Al., Defendants-Appellants
- **Court:** Supreme Court of New Jersey
- **Decided:** November 9, 1970
- **Citations:** 57 N.J. 172; 270 A.2d 412; 1970 N.J. LEXIS 199
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Per Curiam
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
This case involves a school prayer program instituted by the Board of Education of Netcong. The trial court held that the program violated the Church-State provision of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and accordingly enjoined the Board from continuing its program. 108
N. J. Super.
564 (Ch. Div. 1970). We certified the Board’s appeal before it was heard in the Appellate Division.
We find no meaningful difference between the program involved in this case and the programs which the United States Supreme Court held to violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment in
Engel v. Vitale,
370
U. S.
421 , 82
S. Ct.
1261 , 8
L. Ed.
2d 601 (1962), and
School District of Abington Twp. v. Schempp,
374
U. S.
203 , 83
S. Ct.
1560 , 10
L. ed.
2d 844 (1963). The judgment is therefore affirmed.
For affirmance
— Chief Justice Weinteaub and Justices Jacobs, Eeancis, Peoctoe, Hall, Schettino and HaneMAN — 7.
For reversal
— None.

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