Legal Opinion
Elizabeth Deal v. Mercer County Board of Ed.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 17, 2018No. 17-2429PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
For the better part of a century, Mercer County, West Virginia has offered weekly in-school Bible lessons to public elementary and middle school students through its "Bible in the Schools" program. Believing that the program violated the Establishment Clause, appellants Elizabeth Deal and her daughter, Jessica, filed this action against the Mercer County Board of Education, Mercer County Schools, Mercer County Schools Superintendent Deborah S. Akers, and Memorial Primary School Principal Rebecca Peery (collectively, the "County"). The district court dismissed…
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