BOARD OF EDUCATION OF KIRYAS JOEL VILLAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
v.
GRUMET
United States Supreme Court.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 30, 1994.
Decided June 27, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Nathan Lewin argued the cause for petitioners in Nos. 93-517 and 93-527. With him on the briefs was Lisa D. Burget.
Julie S. Mereson, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for petitioners in No. 93-539. With her on the briefs were G. Oliver Koppell, Attorney General, Jerry Boone, Solicitor General, and Peter H. Schiff, Deputy Solicitor General. Lawrence W. Reich and John H. Gross filed briefs for petitioner Board of Education of the MonroeWoodbury Central School District.
Jay Worona argued the cause for respondents in all cases. With him on the brief was Pilar Sokol.†
Souter, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II—B, II—C, and III, in which Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts II (introduction) and II—A, in which Blackmun, Stevens, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Blackmun, J., filed a concurring opinion, p. 710. Stevens, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Blackmun and Ginsburg, JJ., joined, p. 711. O'Connor, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, p. 712. Kennedy, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, p. 722. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Thomas, J., joined, p. 732.
United States Supreme Court.
Justice Souter delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Parts II (introduction) and II—A.
The village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County, New York, is a religious enclave of Satmar Hasidim, practitioners of a strict form of Judaism. The village fell within the MonroeWoodbury Central School District until a special state statute passed in 1989 carved out a separate district, following village lines, to serve this...
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