Marsh v. Chambers
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| Marsh v. Chambers | ||||||||||||
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| Argued April 20, 1983 Decided July 5, 1983 |
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| The practice of hiring a chaplain for the Nebraska state legislature did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. | ||||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor |
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| Majority by: Burger Joined by: White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor Dissent by: Brennan Joined by: Marshall Dissent by: Stevens |
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| U.S. Const. amend. I | ||||||||||||
Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that government funding for chaplains was constitutional because of the "unique history" of the United States.
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- ^ 463 U.S. 783 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- Summary of case from OYEZ
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