Zavilla v. Masse

The school board of school district No. 21 of Rockvale, Fremont county, Colorado, on the twenty-first day of October, 1941, by motion, adopted the following rule: “That all children who enroll in our public school must pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and that all pupils refusing to take part in any patriotic exercises shall be expelled or refused enrollment, * * * ”

Plaintiffs in error, to whom we herein refer as plaintiffs, being members of a sect known as Jehovah’s Witnesses, and believing that compliance with the foregoing rule would be a violation of one of…