Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe

It ruled that a policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at high school football games violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.Two sets of students and their mothers — one a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the other Catholic —filed suit against the school district.The lawsuit alleged various violations of the Establishment Clause and asked for an injunction to prevent prayers from being offered at the graduation ceremony.In a 2–1 decision, Jacques L. Wiener, Jr., and Carl E. Stewart agreed with the District Court that "the words 'nonsectarian, non proselytizing' are constitutionally necessary components" of a policy governing prayer at graduations."[2] The Supreme Court granted certiorari, limited to the following question: "Whether petitioner's policy permitting student-led, student-initiated prayer at football games violates the Establishment Clause."
Supreme Court of the United Statesnext friendL. Ed. 2dU.S. LEXISF. Supp.S.D. Tex.5th Cir.en bancWilliam RehnquistJohn P. StevensSandra Day O'ConnorAntonin ScaliaAnthony KennedyDavid SouterClarence ThomasRuth Bader GinsburgStephen BreyerU.S. Const. amend. IUnited States Supreme CourtEstablishment Clause of the First AmendmentOral argumentsSanta Fe Independent School Districtschool districtHoustonGalvestonthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsCatholicEstablishment ClauseSamuel B. KentUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texasnon-denominationalbenedictionnonproselytizingUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitJacques L. Wiener, Jr.Carl E. StewartE. Grady JollycertiorariSanta Fe High SchoolRehnquistScaliaThomasList of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 530List of United States Supreme Court casesLists of United States Supreme Court cases by volumeSanta Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doepublic domain material from this U.S government documentABC NewsUnited States ConstitutionFirst Amendmentschool prayerZorach v. ClausonEngel v. VitaleAbington School District v. SchemppStone v. GrahamWallace v. JaffreeLee v. WeismanElk Grove Unified School District v. Newdowschool speechMinersville School District v. GobitisWest Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteTinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictHealy v. JamesIsland Trees School District v. PicoBethel School District v. FraserHazelwood School District v. KuhlmeierWestside Community Board of Education v. MergensRosenberger v. University of VirginiaBoard of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. SouthworthMorse v. FrederickUzuegbunam v. PreczewskiMahanoy Area School District v. B.L.Fourth AmendmentNew Jersey v. T. L. O.Vernonia School District 47J v. ActonBoard of Education v. EarlsSafford Unified School District v. ReddingU.S. Supreme CourtFirst Amendment to the United States ConstitutionMarsh v. ChambersLynch v. DonnellyBoard of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCrearyCounty of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionVan Orden v. PerryMcCreary County v. American Civil Liberties UnionPleasant Grove City v. SummumSalazar v. BuonoTown of Greece v. GallowayAmerican Legion v. American Humanist AssociationWalz v. Tax Comm'n of the City of New YorkBob Jones University v. United StatesEstate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc.Corp. of Presiding Bishop v. AmosTexas Monthly, Inc. v. BullockCity of Boerne v. FloresCutter v. WilkinsonEverson v. Board of EducationFlast v. CohenLemon v. KurtzmanTilton v. RichardsonCommittee for Public Education v. NyquistValley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church & StateMueller v. AllenAguilar v. FeltonWitters v. Washington Department of Services for the BlindZobrest v. Catalina Foothills School DistrictBoard of Ed. of Kiryas Joel Village School Dist. v. GrumetAgostini v. FeltonMitchell v. HelmsZelman v. Simmons-HarrisLocke v. DaveyArizona Christian Sch. Tuition Org. v. WinnTrinity Lutheran Church v. ComerEspinoza v. Montana Department of RevenueCarson v. MakinOklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. DrummondMcCollum v. Board of EducationEpperson v. ArkansasEdwards v. AguillardWestside Community Board of Ed. v. MergensElk Grove Unif. School Dist. v. NewdowKennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School Dist.Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. PinetteRosenberger v. Univ. of VirginiaGood News Club v. Milford Central SchoolShurtleff v. City of BostonWatson v. JonesUnited States v. BallardPresbyterian Church v. Hull ChurchSerbian Orthodox Diocese v. MilivojevichHein v. Freedom From Religion FoundationBlue lawsMcGowan v. MarylandBraunfeld v. BrownTorcaso v. WatkinsMcDaniel v. PatyHarris v. McRaeLarkin v. Grendel's Den, Inc.Bowen v. KendrickTrump v. Hawaii