NEW YORK v. CATHEDRAL ACADEMY

No. 76-616.

434 U.S. 125 (1977)

NEW YORK v. CATHEDRAL ACADEMY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean M. Coon, Assistant Solicitor General of New York, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the brief were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, Ruth Kessler Toch, Solicitor General, and Kenneth Connolly, Assistant Attorney General.

Richard E. Nolan argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

In April of 1972 a three-judge United States District Court for the Southern District of New York declared unconstitutional New York's Mandated Services Act, 1970 N. Y. Laws, ch. 138, which authorized fixed payments to nonpublic schools as reimbursement for the cost of certain recordkeeping and testing services required by state law. Committee for Public Education...

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