Legal Opinion
Fellowship Baptist Church v. Benton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1987No. Nos. 85-2288, 85-2370, 85-2371 and 85-2527PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
In this appeal, the Court is presented with a broad-based attack on Iowa’s compulsory school laws. Plaintiffs are two fundamentalist Baptist church schools, the churches’ pastors and principals, and several of the schools’ teachers, parents and students. The creation of plaintiffs’ church schools is a relatively recent development dating from the 1970s — a part of the growing trend towards the establishment of such schools throughout the country.1
Plaintiffs’ suit mirrors several previous actions involving fundamentalist groups, including one before the Iowa…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Plyler v. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Littlefield v. Forney Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- Swanson Ex Rel. Swanson v. Guthrie Independent School District No. I-LCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- State v. DeLaBruereSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
- Murphy v. ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988
- New Life Baptist Church Academy v. Town of East Longmeadow, Appeal of Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Intervenor. New Life Baptist Church Academy v. Town of East LongmeadowCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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