Ingebretsen v. Jackson Public School District

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WINGATE, District Judge.

Before the court is the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction which seeks to enjoin the enforcement of Mississippi’s school-prayer statute, 1994 Miss.Laws ch. 609, §§ 1 to 3 (codified as amended at Miss.Code Ann. §§ 37-13-4 & 37-13-4.1 (rev. 1990)). This statute purports to permit public-school students to initiate prayer at various compulsory and noneompulsory school events. The defendants have filed a motion to dismiss or, alternatively, for summary judgment on the grounds, inter alia, that this lawsuit does not present a “case” or…