Legal Opinion
Pounds v. Katy Independent School District
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 30, 2010No. Civil Action H-06-0527PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
This case again requires analysis of the delicate balance that public school administrators must strike between protecting the First Amendment right to free speech and avoiding endorsing religion in violation of the Establishment Clause. The many eases and the large body of literature on this set of issues demonstrate the lack of adequate guidance to enable teachers and principals to determine whether the decisions they make comply with constitutional standards. 1 As this case demonstrates, decisions in such seemingly innocuous and benign…
2Cases cited63 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Little v. Liquid Air Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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