Jaffree by and Through Jaffree v. James

ORDER

HAND, Chief Judge.

This matter coming on for consideration by the Court on the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction and the Court having heard evidence in connection therewith and arguments of counsel, makes the following findings and ruling:

I. Background

Plaintiffs’ theory for injunctive relief is predicated on a violation of the establishment clause of the Constitution of the United States found in the first amendment and incorporated by the fourteenth amendment, which in essence makes the provisions of the first amendment applicable to the laws of the state. Abington School…