Legal Opinion
Brandon v. Board of Education
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided April 16, 1980No. 79-CV-399PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
McCURN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, a group of students at Guilder-land High School, have commenced this action for declaratory and injunctive relief and for damages, as a result of the defendants’ refusal to allow them, as members of a group called “Students for Voluntary Prayer”, to use a room in the school to conduct a communal prayer meeting immediately prior to the beginning of school each day.1 The action has been brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 with jurisdiction properly alleged under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3).
The defendants named in this lawsuit are the…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Mills v. County of MonroeNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- McLean v. Arkansas Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1982
- Chess v. WidmarCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Haley v. PatakiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Burroughs v. Holiday InnDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1985
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