Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Board of Education of County of Kanawha
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided January 18, 1971No. Civ. A. 70-225PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
JOHN A. FIELD, Jr., Chief Judge.
This action was instituted by six students of Herbert Hoover High School in Kanawha County seeking to enjoin and restrain the defendants from prohibiting the plaintiffs to meet voluntarily on the premises of the school for the purpose of engaging in group prayer and for a declaratory judgment that these acts of the defendants violate the rights of the plaintiffs under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution of the United States. The plaintiffs also moved for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the defendants from interference with the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Engel v. VitaleSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Ed. of School Dist. No. 71, Champaign Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Poulos v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Herald v. Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jeanne Brandon v. The Board of Education of the Guilderland Central School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Evans v. HutchinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
- Johnson v. Huntington Beach Union High School DistrictCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
- Chess v. WidmarCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Keegan v. University of DelawareSupreme Court of Delaware · 1975
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