Berry v. Cooper

The panel decision, Meltzer v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida, 5 Cir., 1977, 548 F.2d 559, rehearing en banc granted, 553 F.2d 1008, sets out the factual and procedural posture of this lawsuit. The Court en banc considered the following issues: (1) whether the District Court correctly denied relief on the constitutional challenge to the Orange County school board’s resolution requiring daily morning devotionals of Bible reading and prayer in the public schools;1 (2) whether the District Court correctly denied relief on the constitutional challenge to the Orange County…