Legal Opinion
James W. Kerr v. Catherine J. Farrey and Lloyd Lind
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1996No. 95-1843PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The question presented in this case is whether a state correctional institution may require an inmate, upon pain of being rated a higher security risk and suffering adverse effects for parole eligibility, to attend a substance abuse counseling program with explicit religious content, consistent with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Applying the test of Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602, 91 S.Ct. 2105, 29 L.Ed.2d 745 (1971), the district court concluded that the prison program did not violate the Establishment Clause and…
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