Legal Opinion
Cornwell v. State Board of Education
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 22, 1969No. Civ. 20822PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HARVEY, District Judge:
In this civil action, Baltimore County taxpayers are suing the Maryland State Board of Education seeking to prevent the implementation in the Baltimore County Schools of a program of sex education. In particular, the plaintiffs, who are school children and their parents, seek to have this Court declare unconstitutional a bylaw duly adopted by the State Board. The provision in question is By-Law 720, Section 3, Subsection 4, which provides as follows:
“It is the responsibility of the local school system to provide a comprehensive program of family life…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Citizens for Parental Rights v. San Mateo County Board of EducationCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- Ware v. EstesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1971
- Wright v. Houston Independent School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1972
- Roman v. ApplebyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1983
- Modern Social Education, Inc. v. PrellerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
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