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· 9/3/1997

Chalifoux Ex Rel. Chalifoux v. New Caney Independent School District

Citations

  • 976 F. Supp. 659
  • 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13567
  • 1997 WL 545641

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that school policy that prohibited the wearing of “gang-related apparel” was unconstitutionally vague because it lacked a sufficient definition of such apparel
  • holding that school policy that prohibited the wearing of \gang-related apparel\ was unconstitutionally vague because it lacked a sufficient definition of such apparel
  • holding that it would not “be overly burdensome for the District to provide a definite list of prohibited items and to update that list as needed”
  • holding that it would not \be overly burdensome for the District to provide a definite list of prohibited items and to update that list as needed\
  • finding in the First Amendment context that, although wearing a “rosary as a necklace is neither a requirement of orthodox Catholicism nor a common Catholic practice,” this “form of religious practice is entitled to . . . protection”
  • “The fact that wearing a rosary as a necklace is not mandated by orthodox Catholicism does not defeat their First Amendment rights to free exercise of their personal beliefs.”

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Judges: Hittner

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