Legal Opinion

Busch v. Marple Newtown School District

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 5, 2009No. 07-2967PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are mother and son, bring free speech, establishment, and equal protection claims against Defendants, who are school officials and the school district. These claims stem from an *92elementary school’s restriction of the mother’s effort to read aloud from scripture to students in her son’s kindergarten classroom as part of a curricular “show and tell” type activity. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of Defendants on all claims. We will affirm.

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Donna Kay Busch1 is the mother of Wesley Busch, a kindergarten student at…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Johnson v. RobisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. Hazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierSupreme Court of the United States · 1988

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  4. DeFABIO v. East Hampton Union Free School Dist.District Court, E.D. New York · 2009
  5. Doe v. Indian River School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011

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