Legal Opinion
Bronx Household of Faith v. BD. OF EDUC. NEW YORK
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 16, 2005No. 01 Civ. 8598(LAP)PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRESKA, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
The liberty afforded by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to pursue religious expression free of government molestation was presciently observed by the Framers of the Constitution to be among the most divisive and factious to imperil societal harmony. See The Federalist No. 10, at 41-42 (James Madison) (Terence Ball ed., 2003) (“A zeal for different opinions concerning religion ... ha[s] ... divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and oppress each other than to cooperate…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Bronx Household of Faith v. BOARD OF EDUC., NYCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
- Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
- Bronx Household of Faith v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2014
- Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. Prison Fellowship MinistriesDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 2006
- American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2012
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