Legal Opinion
Murray v. Curlett
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 6, 1962No. [No. 90, September Term, 1961.]PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHornby, J.
This appeal presents the question of whether the daily opening exercises of the Baltimore City public schools—wherein the Holy Bible is read and the Lord’s Prayer is recited—violate the constitutional rights of a student and his mother who claim they are atheists.
The judgment appealed from is one for costs entered by the lower court after it had sustained without leave to amend the demurrer of the appellees (the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City and the president and other individual members thereof constituting the “Board”) to the petition of the appellants (William J. Murray,…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State Ex Rel. SCA Chemical Waste Services, Inc. v. KonigsbergTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
- Freeman v. Local 1802, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 67Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Murray v. BurnsHawaii Supreme Court · 1965
- Miller v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1971
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