Legal Opinion
Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 3, 2014No. Docket 12-2730-cvPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge WALKER dissents by separate opinion.
LEVAL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal raises the question whether the Board of Education of The City of New York (the “Board”),1 in making the City’s school facilities available outside of school hours for use by outside users and subsidizing such use, may, in furtherance of interests favored by the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, refuse to permit the holding of religious worship services. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Preska, C.J.) concluded that the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the…
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