Legal Opinion
Chandler v. Siegleman
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1999No. 97-6898, 97-6953PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs brought this action challenging the facial constitutionality of Alabama’s statute permitting non-sectarian, non-proselytizing student-initiated prayer, invocations and benedictions during compulsory or non-eompulsory school-related assemblies, sporting events, graduation ceremonies and other school-related events. Plaintiffs also challenged the statute as applied by the DeKalb County School Board., The district court held the statute unconstitutional on its face, granted plaintiffs partial summary judgment on their claims regarding the statute as applied,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- 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
- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- United States v. City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
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