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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Mueller v. Allen
Definition
- Mueller v. Allen (1983) involved a challenge to the State of Minnesota's allowance of tuition deductions for specified educational expenses, filed under the Establishment Clause, which prohibits government making laws “respecting an establishment of religion.” The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Mueller to let the state law stand provided an important precedent for other cases involving state support for religious schools.Facts of the CaseThe Minnesota statute allowed all state taxpayers, in computing their state income taxes, to deduct expenses incurred in providing “tuition, textbooks, and transportation” for their children attending public or nonpublic elementary or secondary schools. Insofar as the statute permitted the deductions to be used for children attending sectarian schools, state taxpayers challenged the constitutionality of the statute both facially and in its application.The federal trial court granted the state's motion for summary judgment, holding that the statute was neutral on its face and in its application and did not have a primary effect of either advancing or inhibiting religion. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Mueller v. Allen]
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Date
- 1983
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Mueller_v._Allen
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