Legal Opinion
Smith v. Board of School Com'rs of Mobile County
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 19, 1987No. Civ. A. 82-0544-BH, 82-0792-BHPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HAND, Chief Judge.
History of Case
For one to have a reasonable understanding of the present. posture of this lawsuit, some attention should be given to its history.
Original Case
On May 28,1982 Ishmael Jaffree, individually, and as father and next friend of his three children, brought an action against the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, its Superintendent, various principals and teachers seeking a declaratory judgment and restraining order against the defendants from maintaining or allowing the maintenance of regular religious prayer…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jaffree v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Douglas T. Smith v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Alabama State Board of Education, Its Members, and Wayne Teague, Alabama State Superintendent of Education, Douglas T. Smith v. Guy Hunt, Governor of Alabama, Malcolm Howell, Corinne Howell, William P. Rodgers, Lemoine v. Brennan, Thomas A. Brennan, Alan v. Galdis, Barbara J. Bassett, Betty Ann Barnett Gartman, William David Gartman, Elizabeth T. Long, Vernon Moore, Brenda C. Moore, Defendants-IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Jaffree v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Alabama v. Trustees of the Big Sandy Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1993
- Smith v. Board of School CommissionersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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