Legal Opinion
Grace Bible Fellowship, Inc. v. Maine School Administrative District 5
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 90-2124PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
The single question in this case is whether, by its conduct in licensing 1 temporarily available school facilities to others for expressive activities, defendant is barred by the First Amendment from refusing parties who wish to engage in religious speech. Plaintiffs, Grace Bible Fellowship, Inc., a non-profit religious organization, and Peter Sheff, its founder and pastor, sue Maine School Administrative District # 5 (SAD 5), a public school district organized under Maine law, seeking a declaration and an injunction. Plaintiffs had sought to lease school…
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