Legal Opinion
Sapp v. Renfroe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1975No. 74-2418PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Circuit Judge:
For at least the last twenty-five years, the Decatur City Board of Education (Board)1 has required all male students to complete successfully a course of military instruction, known as the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), as a necessary condition for completion of the tenth grade and for graduation from Decatur High School. The State Board of Education, which has established certain minimum requirements for graduation from public high schools in Georgia, does not require ROTC as a course of study. The City Board has added the ROTC requirement because of its…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by52 opinions
- Jane Doe v. United States Department of JusticeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Edward R. Jagnandan v. William L. Giles, President, Mississippi State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Lecil Hander v. San Jacinto Junior College, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Josefina Najarro De Sanchez v. Banco Central De Nicaragua, a Foreign Banking CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Jose F. Olivares v. Winston Martin, Director, San Antonio Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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