Legal Opinion
Goodwin v. Cross County School District No. 7
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided September 11, 1973No. H 72-C-25PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OREN HARRIS, District Judge.
By this action the plaintiffs seek to restrain the defendants from permitting, authorizing and • condoning sectarian religious practices at and within the Cross County School District No. 7, Cross County, Arkansas. The plaintiffs invoke the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States; 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343; and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983.
The plaintiffs seek relief by way of declaratory judgment as provided by 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201 and 2202, in declaring the rights, privileges and immunities, together with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Marvin Meltzer, Etc. v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County, Florida, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Theresa M. Collins v. Chandler Unified School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Lundberg v. West Monona Community School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1989
- Lynch v. Indiana State University Board of TrusteesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1978
- Doe v. South Iron R-1 School Dist.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 2006
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