Legal Opinion
Doe v. Indian River School District
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 5, 2011No. 10-1819PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
The Indian River School Board (the “Board”) has a long-standing policy of praying at its regularly-scheduled meetings, which are routinely attended by students from the local school district. Appellants argue that the Board’s policy is unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Board claims that a school board is like a legislative body and that its practice of opening board sessions with a prayer is akin to the practice that was upheld in Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 103 S.Ct. 3330, 77 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1983). In…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Freedom From Religion v. Chino Valley Uni. Sch. Dist.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
- American Humanist Association v. BirdvilleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2017
- Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Cnty. of LehighCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
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