Decorating Public School Classrooms and Grounds With Holiday Symbols

¹ See Clever v. Cherry Hill Township Bd. of Educ., 838 F. Supp. 929, 939 (D. N.J. 1993).

² See School Dist. of Abington Township, Pa. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 225 (1963).

³ See School Dist. of Abington Township, Pa. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 225 (1963).

⁴ See Abington, 374 U.S. at 225.

⁵ See School Dist. of Abington Township, Pa. v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203, 225 (1963).

⁶ See Clever, 838 F. Supp. at 932.

⁷ See Abington, 374 U.S. at 225.

⁸ See Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U.S. 97, 106-107 (1968); Altman v. Bedford Central School Dist. , 245 F.3d 49, 75-76 (2nd Cir. 2001).

⁹ See Clever, 838 F. Supp. at 933-34, 939.

¹⁰ See Florey v. Sioux Falls School Dist. 49-5, 619 F. 2d 1311, 1317 (8th Cir.), cert denied, 449 U.S. 97 (1980); Clever, 838 F. Supp. at 939-40.

¹¹ See Florey, 619 F.2d at 1316. See also Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203, 477 (1948) (Jackson J., concurring).

¹² See Abington, 374 U.S. at 225.

¹³ See Florey, 619 F.2d at 1316.

¹⁴ Id. at 1317.

¹⁵ See e.g., Doe v. Duncanville Indep. School Dist., 70 F.3d 402, 407 (5th Cir. 1995).

¹⁶ Id. at 407-08.

¹⁷ Id. at 407-08.

¹⁸ See Doe v. Aldine Indep. School Dist., 563 F. Supp. 883, 888 (S.D. Tex. 1982).

¹⁹ Id. at 885, 888.

²³ See County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, 492 U.S. 573, 602, 616 (1989).

²⁴ Id. at 613-14, 618.

²⁵ Id. at 629 (footnote No. 69).

²⁶ See Clever, 838 F. Supp. at 937 (citing to Allegheny, 492 U.S. 573 (1989)).

²⁷ See e.g., Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980); Washegesic v. Bloomingdale Public Schools, 33 F.3d 679, 684 (6th Cir. 1994).

²⁸ See Washegesic, 33 F.3d at 683-84. See also Allegheny, 492 U.S. at 598-99.

²⁹ See Florey, 619 F.2d at 1317; Clever, 838 F. Supp. at 939.