Legal Opinion
Goetz v. Ansell
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 19, 1973No. 774, Docket 73-1352PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Theodore Goetz, a senior at Shaker High School in Latham, New York, an honor student and the president of his class, refuses to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance because he believes “that there [isn’t] liberty and justice for all in the United States.” Defendants George S. Ansell, President of the Board of Education of North Colonie Central School District, Charles Szuberla, Superintendent of Schools in that district, the Board of Education of the district, and Arthur E. Walker, principal of Shaker High School, have offered plaintiff the option of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- WILWORDING Et Al. v. SWENSON, WARDENSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carter v. StantonSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Francis C. Plano v. Clifford W. Baker, Individually and as Supervising Principal of the Westmoreland Central School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Green v. Ten EyckCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Perzanowski v. SalvioDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- Sherman v. Community Consolidated School District 21 of Wheeling TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Hark v. DragonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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