Legal Opinion
Pratt v. Independent School District No. 831
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1982No. 81-1579PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION.
“The Lottery” is a short story by American author Shirley Jackson in which the citizens of a small town randomly select one person to be stoned to death each year. Since 1972, the curriculum of Independent School District No. 831, Forest Lake, Minnesota, has included the Encyclopedia Brit-tanica Educational Corporation’s film version of “The Lottery,” and its accompanying “trailer” film which discusses the story and its themes.
During the 1977-1978 school year, a group of parents and other citizens became concerned about the use of the films in American…
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