Legal Opinion
Swanson Ex Rel. Swanson v. Guthrie Independent School District No. I-L
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1998No. 96-6354PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, District Judge.
Annie Swanson and her parents as next friends (Plaintiffs) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendants. Annie had filed suit claiming that Defendants’ refusal to allow her to attend public school on a part-time basis violated her rights under the Free Exercise Clause of the United States Constitution, her parents’ constitutional right to direct her education, and her rights under Oklahoma state law. 2 We affirm the judgment of the district court.
FACTS
Annie has been home-schooled by her parents since she started school. The purpose behind the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by106 opinions
- Prater v. City Of BurnsideCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Civil Liberties for Urban Believers, Christ Center, Christian Covenant Outreach Church v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Littlefield v. Forney Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Prater v. City of BurnsideCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Parker v. Town of LexingtonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
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