Legal Opinion
Spacco v. Bridgewater School Department
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 22, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-883-WFPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOLF, District Judge.
I. Summary
Plaintiffs are two elementary school students in the Town of Bridgewater, Massachusetts and their parents. The students were assigned in 1988-89 to attend public school in space at the St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center that the Town leased from the Roman Catholic Church. They have been assigned to the same facility for the next school year, which begins in early September, 1989.
The lease in this case requires that the Town not use the rented facilities in any manner which is inconsistent with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church;…
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