Legal Opinion
Peck v. Upshur County Board of Education
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
Decided September 30, 1996No. 1:95-cr-00021PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KEELEY, District Judge,
Statement of the Case
This is' a civil rights ease, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The issue at the heart of the case concerns a policy adopted by the defendant Upshur County Board of Education (“the Board” or “Upshur County Board”), which operates the public schools in Upshur County, that permits non-students to disseminate Bibles and other religious materials in the public schools during school hours. The plaintiffs include a teacher and several parents of children who attend Upshur County public schools.- Despite the Board’s…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Peck v. Upshur County Board of EducationDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1996
- Peck v. Upshur County Board Of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Peck v. Upshur County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998