http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Bute was charged with taking indecent liberties with children. He did not have an attorney and the trial court did not appoint one for him. Bute pleaded guilty and was sentenced to twenty years in prison.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/1947_398/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/1947_280/ <p>In 1940, members of the Jewish, Roman Catholic, and some Protestant faiths formed a voluntary association called the Champaign (Illinois) Council on Religious Education. Cooperating with the Champaign Board of Education, the Council offered voluntary classes in religious instruction to public school pupils. The courses were conducted in the regular classrooms of the school building. Students who did not attend the religious instruction were required to go to some other place in the building to pursue secular studies.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/1947_90/ <p>The Kraemers were a white couple who owned a residence in a Missouri neighborhood governed by a restrictive covenant. This was a private agreement that prevented blacks from owning property in the Kraemers' subdivision. The Shelleys were a black couple who moved into the Kraemers neighborhood. The Kraemers went to court to enforce the restrictive covenant against the Shelleys.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1947/1947_72/