Robert BAGLEY et al.
v.
RAYMOND SCHOOL DEPARTMENT et al.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 2, 1998.
Decided April 23, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Linda C. Russell, Pettrucelli & Martin, LLP, Portland, Richard D. Komer (orally), Clint Bolick, William H. Mellor, Institute for Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs.
Michael E. Saucier (orally), Thompson & Bowie, Portland, for Raymond School Department.
Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Peter J. Brann, State Solicitor, (orally), Augusta, for State defendants.
Donald F. Fontaine, Fontaine & Beal, P.A., Portland, Robert H. Chanin, John M. West, Page Kennedy, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Timothy Humphrey et al.
Barbara G. Shaw, Marcus Grygiel & Clegg, P.A., Portland, Jeffrey A. Thaler, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, for Maine Civil Liberites Union.
David G. Webbert, Johnson & Webbert, LLP, Augusta, Nathan Lewin, Richard W. Garnett, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, LLP, Washington, DC, Dennis Raps, National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, New York City, for amici curiae National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs, Agudath Harabonim of the United States and Canada, Agudath Israel of America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, National Council of Young Israel, Rabbinical Alliance of America, Rabbinical Council of America, and Torah Umesorah—National Society of Hebrew Day Schools.
David A. Soley, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, Steven K. Green, Ayesha N. Khan, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Jeffrey P. Sinesky, American Jewish Committee, New York City, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Steven M. Freeman, Lauren A. Levin, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, New York City, Elliott M. Michberg, Judith E. Schaeffer, People for the American Way Foundation, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, People for the American Way Foundation.
Michael H. Hill, Monaghan, Leahy, Hochadel & Libby, Portland, Kevin J. Hasson, Eric W. Treene, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Daniel E. Troy, Alex M. Azar II, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, for amici curiae The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, and ALEXANDER, JJ.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
SAUFLEY, J.
[¶ 1] We are called upon in this case to determine whether Maine's education tuition program, which explicitly excludes religious schools from receipt of state funds, violates any section of the United States or Maine Constitution. Because we conclude that it does not, we affirm the judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.).
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] The material facts are undisputed. Maine requires all...
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