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· 5/24/1996

The American Civil Liberties Union Of New Jersey v. Black Horse Pike Regional Board Of Education

Citations

  • 84 F.3d 1471
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 12303

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that we are obliged to follow Supreme Court precedent “until instructed otherwise by a majority of the Supreme Court”
  • applying Lemon but noting that it had been “the subject of critical debate in recent years”
  • contrasting “likelihood” of succeeding on the merits with actually succeeding on the merits
  • “Whether ‘the endorsement test’ is part of the inquiry under Lemon or a separate inquiry apart from it, the import of the test is the same.”
  • same for policy authorizing student vote on whether to incorporate prayer in graduation ceremony
  • \[t]he text of [the policy] was adopted in response to Lee. The Board's avowed purpose in reexamining its policy was to provide an option that might allow the 'longstanding tradition' of graduation prayer to survive the prohibitions of that Supreme Court decision.\

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