Legal Opinion
Douglas E. Brown Katherine E. Brown v. Woodland Joint Unified School District, Woodland Parents Group, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1994No. 92-15772PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN.
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether classroom activities in a California public school district require children to practice the “religion” of witchcraft in violation of the federal Establishment Clause and the California Constitution.
I
Douglas E. Brown and Katherine E. Brown, parents of two students formerly enrolled in the Woodland Joint Unified School District (the “School District”), seek injunc-tive and declaratory relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the School District had violated their children’s rights under the United States and…
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