<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Engel v. Vitale </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Argued April 3 , 1962 Decided June 25 , 1962 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Steven I. Engel , et al. v. William J. Vitale , Jr. , et al . ' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 370 U.S. 421 ( more ) 82 S. Ct. 1261 ; 8 L. Ed . 2d 601 ; 1962 U.S. LEXIS 847 ; 20 Ohio Op . 2d 328 ; 86 A.L.R. 2d 1285 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> 191 N.Y.S. 2d 453 ( Sup . Ct. 1959 ) , aff 'd , 206 N.Y.S. 2d 183 ( App . Div. 1960 ) , aff 'd , 176 N.E. 2d 579 ( N.Y. 1961 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> 186 N.E. 2d 124 ( N.Y. 1962 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Government - directed prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment , even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and students may remain silent or be excused from the classroom during its recitation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Earl Warren </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Hugo Black Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Black , joined by Warren , Douglas , Clark , Harlan , Brennan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Frankfurter and White took no part in the consideration or decision of the case . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . I </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Engel v. Vitale </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Argued April 3 , 1962 Decided June 25 , 1962 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Steven I. Engel , et al. v. William J. Vitale , Jr. , et al . ' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 370 U.S. 421 ( more ) 82 S. Ct. 1261 ; 8 L. Ed . 2d 601 ; 1962 U.S. LEXIS 847 ; 20 Ohio Op . 2d 328 ; 86 A.L.R. 2d 1285 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> 191 N.Y.S. 2d 453 ( Sup . Ct. 1959 ) , aff 'd , 206 N.Y.S. 2d 183 ( App . Div. 1960 ) , aff 'd , 176 N.E. 2d 579 ( N.Y. 1961 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> 186 N.E. 2d 124 ( N.Y. 1962 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Government - directed prayer in public schools violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment , even if the prayer is denominationally neutral and students may remain silent or be excused from the classroom during its recitation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Earl Warren </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> Hugo Black Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Black , joined by Warren , Douglas , Clark , Harlan , Brennan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Frankfurter and White took no part in the consideration or decision of the case . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . I </Td> </Tr> </Table>
the warren court 's decision about prayer in public schools outlawed
the warren court 's decision about prayer in public schools outlawed
Government - directed prayer in public schools
Government - directed prayer in public schools