Legal Opinion
Sherman Ex Rel. Sherman v. Koch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 15, 2010No. 09-1455PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
In 2007, Illinois amended Section 1 of the Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act making mandatory a period of silence in public schools; prior to this amendment, teachers had the option of observing a period of silence at the beginning of the school day. After the Illinois legislature amended Section 1, Dawn Sherman, through her father, Robert I. Sherman, sued Christopher Koch in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Illinois State Board of Education (“Koch”), and Township High School District 214 (“District 214”), alleging that Section 1 was facially…
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