Marsh v. Chambers

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Marsh v. Chambers

Argued April 20, 1983
Decided July 5, 1983


Full case name:	Frank Marsh, State Treasurer et al. v. Ernest Chambers

Citations:	463 U.S. 783; 103 S.Ct. 3330, 77 L.Ed.2d 1019

Prior history:	Injunction granted, 504 F.Supp. 585 (D. Neb. 1980); injunction affirmed and extended, 675 F.2d 228 (8th Cir. 1982); certiorari granted, 459 U.S. 966 (1982)

Holding

The practice of hiring a chaplain for the Nebraska state legislature did not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Court membership

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices: William J. Brennan, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist, John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor

Case opinions

Majority by: Burger
Joined by: White, Blackmun, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
Dissent by: Brennan
Joined by: Marshall
Dissent by: Stevens

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. I

Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783 (1983)^[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that government funding for chaplains was constitutional because of the "unique history" of the United States.