Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Marsh
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 14, 1982No. Nos. 81-1077, 81-1088PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The Nebraska legislature compensates a chaplain to open each legislative session with a prayer and, from time to time, collects and publishes the prayers in book form. Ernest Chambers, a Nebraska legislator, challenges this practice as violating the Establishment Clause of. the First Amendment. The district court1 enjoined some elements of the practice and upheld others, from which both Chambers and the defendants 2 appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part, and remand the matter for further action consistent with this opinion.
The essential facts are undisputed. Rule…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rizzo v. GoodeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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