P. O. A. U. v. ESSEX

No. 70-583.

28 Ohio St. 2d 79 (1971)

PROTESTANTS AND OTHER AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. ESSEX ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided November 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Philip R. Bradley, Mr. Willard Dobbs and Mr. Franklin C. Salisbury, for appellants.

Mr. William J. Brown, attorney general, Messrs. Dunbar, Kienzle & Murphey and Mr. David J. Young, for appellees.


HERBERT, J.

This case presents the question of whether R. C. 3317.06(H), as effective between December 1, 1967, and August 18, 1969, is a "law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and so in conflict with the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the [United States] Constitution." Board of Edn. v. Allen (1968), 392 U.S. 236, 238, 20 L. Ed. 2d 1060, 88 S.Ct. 1923. Further, we are...

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