Legal Opinion
Wilkins v. Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 14, 2005No. 04-2648PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Chief Judge.
Sherrie Wilkins, an atheist and the mother of two New Jersey public school students, challenges on equal protection and state law grounds a religious exemption to a public school uniform policy. The District Court denied Wilkins’ prayer for a preliminary injunction and dismissed her claims on summary judgment. We will affirm.
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In 2001, the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District adopted a mandatory school uniform policy. As originally drafted, it exempted students with “moral” objections to uniforms. But apparently this proved unworkable, and…
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