The decree that has enjoined Abington in this case-and the court below found that it was unconstitutional either to read the ten verses of the Bible pursuant to Pennsylvania's statute, either alone or in conjunction with the recitation of the Lord's Prayer. It is the practice at Abington Township, during the morning exercises, to follow the statutory Bible reading with the recitation of the Lord's Prayer. Now, this case is different from the case you have just heard because in Pennsylvania the Bible reading statute does not require that the Lord's Prayer be said it has nothing to do with the Lord's Prayer. On the decision of a three-judge District Court that held Pennsylvania'sīible reading statute to be an unconstitutional establishment
WARD: May it please the Court, the case is here on an appeal CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN: Number 142, School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania. KILLIAN, Ill, ESQ., Deputy Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania, State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, SAWYER, III, ESQ., 1100 Philadelphia National Bank Building, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania, on behalf of Appellees, No.
WARD, III, ESQ., Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, on behalf of Appellants, No. The above-entitled cause came on for oral argument, pursuant to notice,ĮARL WARREN, Chief Justice of the United States
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