School-sponsored reading of the Bible and recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools is unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause. Decided June 17, 1963 (argued 1963). Opinion of the Court: Thomas Campbell Clark → go there Dissenting: Stewart. Applied: the First Amendment → go there Applied: the Fourteenth Amendment → go there Topic: Freedom of religion. Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court decided 8–1 in favor of the respondent, Edward Schempp, on behalf of his son Ellery Schempp, and declared that school-sponsored Bible reading and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools in the United States was unconstitutional. Wiki link