Legal Opinion
Lubbock Civil Liberties Union v. Lubbock Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1982No. 80-2384PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
The Lubbock Civil Liberties Union (LCLU) appeals from a decision of the trial court in its suit brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for declaratory and in-junctive relief, damages and attorneys fees against the Lubbock Independent School District (the District) and several individual defendants. The LCLU alleged various practices and policies of the District constituted an impermissible establishment of religion in violation of the first and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution.
For the reasons set forth below we reverse the judgment of the trial court as to…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
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