Supreme Court· 4/2/1973

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Citations

411 U.S. 192
93 S. Ct. 1463
36 L. Ed. 2d 151
1973 U.S. LEXIS 85

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holding that nonunion employees' claim for restitution was actually for punitive damages when the union had acted lawfully by conferring benefits to the employees
holding that the trial court possessed broad discretionary power when crafting a remedy based upon equitable restitution, thereby requiring narrow appellate review
recognizing \`one of the first principles of constitutional adjudication — the basic presumption of the constitutional validity of a duly enacted state or federal law.'\
recognizing “ ‘one of the first principles of constitutional adjudication—the basic presumption of the constitutional validity of a duly enacted state or federal law.’ ”
explaining that, “[i]n equity, ... courts eschew rigid absolutes and look to the practical realities and necessities inescapably involved in reconciling competing interests.... ”
opining that an unconstitutional statute is not absolutely void but its one-time existence is a practical reality upon which people have relied and courts should recognize that reality

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