Legal Opinion
Stratechuk v. SOUTH ORANGE-MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL DIST.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 24, 2009No. 08-3826PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
The issue before us is whether a School District, in order to maintain a policy of complete religious neutrality, may prohibit celebratory religious music at school-sponsored events. The District Court, in a careful analysis of the facts on record and the applicable law, upheld the School District’s discretion to maintain and enforce its policy. Stratechuk v. Bd. of Educ., S. Orange-Maplewood Sch. Dist., 577 F.Supp.2d 731 (D.N.J.2008).
The unsuccessful plaintiff, Michael Stratechuk, the father of two students in the School District of South…
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