Flast v. Cohen Summary | quimbee.com

A video case brief of Flast v. Cohen, 392 U.S. 83 (1968). Read the full-text brief at www.quimbee.co...
Flast and six other federal taxpayers (plaintiffs) brought suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to enjoin Cohen and other federal officers tasked with administering federal funds (defendants) from spending those funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The taxpayers brought suit solely based on their status as federal taxpayers, alleging that Congress’s spending of federal funds on instruction and materials in religious schools violated the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States Constitution. The lower court held that the taxpayers did not have standing as federal taxpayers. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.

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See... Spokeo Inc. v Robins, 578 U.S. which cites "Concrete and Particularized" Injury-in Fact"

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Did Flast ultimately win? Was the state barred from funding religious schools?

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Hoffnungshäftling the court ruled she had standing but left the merits up to the lower court who said she did not