Legal Opinion
May v. Cooperman
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 24, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-89PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEBEVOISE, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202. Plaintiffs seek to have declared unconstitutional a State statute, namely, New Jersey P.L. 1982, Ch. 205 which provides that:
1. Principals and teachers in each public elementary and secondary school of each school district in this State shall permit students to observe a 1 minute period of silence to be used solely at the discretion of the individual student, before the opening exercises of each school day for quiet and private contemplation or…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Karcher v. MaySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- City of Las Vegas v. FoleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc. v. GatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2007
- May v. CoopermanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Morrison v. KimmelmanDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1986
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