Legal Opinion
New Life Baptist Church Academy v. Town of East Longmeadow
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 7, 1989No. Nos. 88-1610, 88-1673, 88-1611 and 88-1612PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
This case raises questions about the extent to which the First Amendment permits a religious group to refuse to comply with state rules and procedures for determining the adequacy of the secular education that the religious group provides to children. The present controversy arises because a child cannot satisfy Massachusetts’ compulsory school attendance laws by attending a private school unless the local school committee “approves” the education that the private school provides. Mass.Gen.L. ch. 76, § 1. A school committee must “approve” the private school when the…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by1 opinion
- New Life Baptist Church Academy v. Town of East Longmeadow, Appeal of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Intervenor. New Life Baptist Church Academy v. Town of East LongmeadowCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989