Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Hamden Board of Education
Connecticut Superior Court
Decided August 31, 1971No. File No. 82995PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiffs are school children who attend public schools in the town of Hamden and their parents. The defendants are the board of education of the town of Hamden and the state board of education. The complaint in this action seeks to obtain temporary and permanent injunctions against the use of a printed curriculum by the state board of education in authorizing, and the Hamden board of education in teaching, a course entitled "Health Education." It is a course which requires compulsory attendance and includes, in addition to physical education, a comprehensive and planned sequential study…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Griffin Hospital v. Commission on Hospitals & Health CareSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Citizens for Parental Rights v. San Mateo County Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Smith v. RicciSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Playpen South, Inc. v. City of Oakland ParkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981
- Zoning Commission v. LeninskiConnecticut Superior Court · 1976
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