Legal Opinion
Chess v. Widmar
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1980No. 80-1048PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether the University of Missouri-Kansas City, which permits recognized student organizations to use the student center, certain other buildings and the grounds of the University for political, cultural, educational, social and recreational events, may prohibit a recognized student group from using these same facilities for religious worship services or teaching. We hold it may not.
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BACKGROUND
With the goal of making student free-time activity a cooperative aid to academic study,1 the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- 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 by20 opinions
- Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jeanne Brandon v. The Board of Education of the Guilderland Central School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Lubbock Civil Liberties Union v. Lubbock Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Department of Educ. v. LewisSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
- Gilfillan v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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