Legal Opinion
Country Hills Christian Church v. Unified School District No. 512
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided April 28, 1983No. Civ. A. 82-2345PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This is a lawsuit for a declaratory judgment and permanent injunction ordering defendants to make the facilities of the Shawnee Mission School District open to plaintiffs for purposes of religious worship on the same basis as it does to non-religious groups. The case turns on three questions. (1) Have the defendants created a public forum? (2) Can the defendants constitutionally deny a group access to a public forum because the group intends to put the forum to a religious use? (3) Does the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibit…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Mary May v. Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- McCreary v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- C. J. Tower & Sons of Buffalo, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1982
- Texas State Teachers Association, Garland Education Association, Joe Atkins and Janice Hill v. Garland Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. RomerColorado Court of Appeals · 1996
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