No, it was brought to the US Supreme Court on Writ of Certiorari from the Court of Appeals of New York.
Case Citation:
Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)
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Teaching religion in public schools was forbidden.
Teaching religion in public schools was forbidden.
Engel v. Vitale, 191 N.Y.S.2d 453 (Sup. Ct. 1959) began in the Supreme Court at Special Term in Nassau County, New York. A decision favoring the New Hyde Park, NY, school district was rendered October 5, 1959, by Judge Bernard S. Meyer. The court held the Reagents' Prayer was constitutional.Engle was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department which affirmed the lower court decision in Engel v. Vitale, 206 N.Y.S.2d 183 (1960); and upheld again by the New York Court of Appeals in Engel v. Vitale, 176 N.E.2d 579 (N.Y. 1961).In the New York justice system, the Supreme Court is the court of original jurisdiction (trial court) for matters of general jurisdiction. The State's high court is the New York Court of Appeals.Case Citation:Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The US Supreme Court vote was split 6-1; Justice Potter Stewart dissented from the majority. Justices Byron White and Felix Frankfurter took no part in the case.Case Citation:Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)
It took a little more than three years to move Engel v. Vitale through the court system. The case was first filed in a New York state court in 1959, and subsequently went through three rounds of appeals, culminating with the US Supreme Court's decision on June 25, 1962.Case Citation:Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)
In Engel v. Vitale (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that the voluntary recitation of a school-sponsored prayer, even if non-denominational, violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Court held that the government should not be involved in composing or endorsing religious activities in public schools, as it effectively promotes religion. This landmark decision reinforced the principle of separation of church and state in the context of public education.
Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)William J. Vitale, the respondent in the US Supreme Court case Engel v. Vitale, was President of the Board of Education of Union Free School District No. 9 (aka Herricks School District).For more information, see Related Questions, below.
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The landmark court case that struck down prayer in public schools is Engel v. Vitale (1962). The Supreme Court ruled that state-sponsored prayer in public schools violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from establishing a national religion.
Constitutional lawCase Citation:Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421 (1962)
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