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STATE EX REL. HOLT v. THOMPSON

No. State 160.

66 Wis.2d 659 (1975)

225 N.W.2d 678

STATE EX REL. HOLT and others, Petitioners, v. THOMSON, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there were briefs and oral argument by Manny S. Brown of Racine.

For the respondent the cause was argued by John William Calhoun, assistant attorney general, with whom on the brief was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

There was a brief amicus curiae filed by Robert G. Bramscher of Kenosha for the Wisconsin Civil Liberties Union.

ROBERT W. HANSEN, J.

Does our state's released time for religious instruction statute1 violate the establishment of religion clause in the first amendment to the federal constitution?2 If it does not, does it violate the without due process of law provision in the fourteenth amendment?3 If it does not, does it violate the freedom of worship...

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