Nebraska District of Evangelical Lutheran Synod v. McKelvie

This is an injunction proceeding brought to test the constitutionality of the statute (Laws 1921, ch. 61) relating to the teaching of foreign languages. Without passing upon the propriety of the form of action pursued, we find that the questions presented are largely controlled by the decision in Meyer v. State, 107 Neb. 657, upholding a similar statute enacted in 1919.

The 1921 statute, after declaring that the English language shall be the official language of the state and that the common school branches shall be taught in that language, provides:

“Section 2. No person, individually or as a…