Stone v. Graham
In Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980), the 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court invalidated as unconstitutional a Kentucky statute requiring the posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments, purchased with private contributions, on the wall of each public school classroom in the State. The Court overturned the state courts of Kentucky, which had upheld the constitutionality of the law. Justice Rehnquist dissented on the basis that the Ten Commandments had a secular impact on morality and law. Three additional justices (Burger, Blackmun, and Stewart) also dissented.
Later, it was discovered that liberal Justice William Brennan wrote the unsigned majority opinion: "The private papers of the Supreme Court justices later revealed that the decision was written by Justice William J. Brennan Jr."[1]
