Legal Opinion
Coles v. Cleveland Board of Education
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided December 17, 1996No. 1:92-cv-02767PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DOWD, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Sarah E. Coles, a former student in the Cleveland Public Schools, and Gene T. Tracy, a Cleveland public school teacher, filed this action against the Cleveland Board of Education (“the board”) and John M. Goff, Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Ohio, alleging that the board’s practice of opening meetings with a prayer or a moment of silence violates the federal and state constitutions. Motions for summary judgment were filed by the plaintiffs and by Goff. Magistrate Judge Patricia A. Hemann has issued a report and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Snyder v. Murray City Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Sarah E. Coles, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley Coles, Gene T. Tracy v. Cleveland Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Bacus v. Palo Verde Unified School District Board of EducationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1998
- Hinrichs v. BosmaDistrict Court, S.D. Indiana · 2005
- Sarah E. Coles, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley Coles, Gene T. Tracy v. Cleveland Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
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