CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER

This record is certified by the undersigned reporter to be the official transcript of the above-entitled hearing.

Dawn T. COPELAND, Official Court Reporter.

QUESTION PRESENTED

Whether the Nebraska Legislature's compensation and retention of a single individual as Chaplain for an extended period of time renders its legislative prayer practice violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Interest of the United States

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2

5

Summary of argument

Argument

The Nebraska Legislature's appointment and com-

pensation of a chaplain to open each day's session

of the legislature with a prayer does not violate

the Establishment Clause of the First Amend.

ment

A. The historical evidence conclusively shows that

the Establishment Clause of the First Amend-

ment does not proscribe the practice of open-
ing a legislature's day with prayer by a com-

pensated chaplain

B. Application of the three-part Lemon v. Kurtz-

man test confirms that the Nebraska chaplaincy

does not offend the Establishment Clause of the

First Amendment

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Conclusion

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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Cases:

Abington School District V. Schempp, 374 U.S.

203

..........2, 19, 26, 32

Aronow v. United States, 432 F.2d 242

20

Bogen v. Doty, 598 F.2d 1110 ......

.20, 23, 27

California v. Sierra Club, 451 U.S. 287 ...

22

Cantwell v. Connecticut, 310 U.S. 296 .........3, 6, 15
Colo v. Treasurer & Receiver General, 392 N.E.2d
1195

.............4, 6, 17, 20, 23, 25, 26, 29, 32

Committee for Public Education & Religious Lib-

erty v. Nyquist, 413 U.S. 756 ..............7, 20, 21, 28

Elliott v. White, 23 F.2d 997

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Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421

..19, 20, 26

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Cases Continued

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Everson V. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 .......... 7, 11, 28
Grossberg v. Deusebio, 380 F. Supp. 285

20
Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education,
333 U.S. 203

20 Jackman V. Rosenbaum Co., 260 U.S. 22

15 Larkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc., No. 81-878 (Dec. 13, 1982)

20 Larson v. Valente, No. 80-1666 (Apr. 21, 1982)... 22 Lemon y. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602............3, 4, 6, 20, 21, 22,

28, 29 Lincoln v. Page, 109 N.H. 30, 241 A.2d 799 .......... 20 Marsa v. Wernik, 86 N.J. 232, 430 A.2d 888

20 McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 ..............7, 15, 25, 28 Meelc v. Pittenger, 421 U.S. 349 .....

21 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Curran, No. 80-203 (May 3, 1982)

22 Murray V. Buchanan, No. 81-1301 (Mar. 9, 1982).. 1-2 Myers v. United States, 272 U.S. 52

14 New Yoric Trust Co. v. Eisner, 256 U.S. 345

7 O'Hair V. Cooke, Civil Action No. A-77-CA-236

(W.D. Tex. filed Jan. 29, 1980), aff'd mem., 638
F.2d 1231, cert. denied, 454 U.S. 824

20 Roemer v. Board of Public Works, 426 U.S. 736...... 5, 31 Rostker v. Goldberg, 453 U.S. 57

15 United States v. Cvirtiss-Wright Export Corp., 299 U.S. 304

14 Walz v. Tax Commission, 397 U.S. 664....5, 7, 8, 15, 25, 28,

31, 32 Wiest v. Mt. Lebanon School District, 457 Pa. 166, 320 A.2d 362

20 Zorach y. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306

19 Constitution, statutes and rules: United States Constitution: First Amendment: Establishment Clause

...passim Free Exercise Clause

7,11 Fourteenth Amendment, Due Process Clause.. 3,15 Act of Mar. 10, 1796, ch. IV, Section 3, 1 Stat. 449

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