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TUDOR v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF BOROUGH OF RUTHERFORD

14 N.J. 31 (1953)

100 A.2d 857

BERNARD TUDOR, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF RUTHERFORD, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT, THE GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, INTERVENOR-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided December 7, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leo Pfeffer (of the New York Bar) argued the cause for the appellant (Mr. Archibald Kreiger, attorney).

Mr. Jacob Stam argued the cause for the respondents (Messrs. Kipp, Ashen and Somerville, attorneys for respondent Board of Education; Mr. W. Adriance Kipp, Jr., of counsel with both respondents).

A brief amici curiae was filed by the Synagogue Council of America and the National Community Relations Advisory Council (Mr. Harry Silverstein, attorney, Messrs. Philip Baum and Joseph B. Robison, of the New York Bar, of counsel).

The opinion of the court was delivered by VANDERBILT, C.J.

I.

The Gideons International is a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, whose object is "to win men and women for the Lord Jesus Christ, through * * * (c) placing the Bible — God's Holy Words — or portions thereof in hotels, hospitals, schools, institutions, and also through the distribution of same for personal use." In recent years it began a campaign...

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