Legal Opinion
Merritt E. Jones, on His Behalf and as Next Friend of Pamela Jones, a Child v. Clear Creek Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1991No. 89-2638PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
Graduating seniors and parents brought this suit to enjoin a school district from permitting invocations and benedictions at public high school graduation ceremonies. The district court held that the school district’s written policy permitting only nonsectarian and nonproselytizing invocations and benedictions written and delivered by student volunteers at the ceremonies does not violate the Establishment Clause. We affirm.
I.BACKGROUND
Clear Lake High School (“Clear Lake”) is within defendant-appellee Clear Creek Independent School District (“Clear Creek”). Clear Lake…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Walz v. Tax Comm'n of City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Jon G. Murray and Society of Separationists, Inc. v. City of Austin, Texas and Travis County, TexasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Merritt E. Jones, on His Behalf and as Next Friend of Pamela Jones, a Child v. Clear Creek Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Adler v. Duval County School BoardDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1994
- Albright v. Board of Educ. of Granite School Dist.District Court, D. Utah · 1991
- Harris v. Joint School District No. 241District Court, D. Idaho · 1993
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