Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1964

Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne

Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne
Supreme Court of New Jersey · Decided May 18, 1964 · Per Curiam
200 A.2d 615; 42 N.J. 351; 1964 N.J. LEXIS 213 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Sills v. Bd. of Ed. of Hawthorne

Opinion

Pee Cubiam.

The judgment entered in the Chancery Division declared R.. S. 18:14-77 and R. S. 18:14-78 to be unconstitutional and enjoined the defendants from authorizing or practicing religious ceremonies in the public schools of Hawthorne. The judgment was patently sound under the principles expressed by the United States Supreme Court in Abington School Dist. v. Schempp, 374 U. S. 203, 83 S. Ct. 1560, 10 L. Ed. 2d 844 (1963), and it is accordingly:

Affirmed.

For affirmance — -Chief Justice Weinteaub, and Justices Jacobs, Pbancis, Peoctoe, Hall, Schettino and Hanemar — 7.

For reversal — None.

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