Legal Opinion

Moody v. Cronin

District Court, C.D. Illinois

Decided August 13, 1979No. 78-3178PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

ACKERMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are Debbie Moody, a minor by her next friend William Moody, William Moody, Thad Ates, a minor by his next friend Wesley Ates, and Wesley Ates. William Moody and Wesley Ates are members of the United Pentecostal Church and have children in the public school system of the State of Illinois. Debbie Moody and Thad Ates are members of the United Pentecostal Church and are minors attending public schools in Illinois. This is not a class action.

Defendants are Joseph Cronin, the Superintendent of Education for the State of Illinois; R. Bruce Holcomb, the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  3. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. Dotter v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  3. Mozert v. Hawkins County Public SchoolsDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1986
  4. Dotter v. Maine Employment Security CommissionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981
  5. Mahmoud v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2025

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