SHERMAN v. COMMUNITY CONSOL. SCHOOL DIST. 21

No. 88 C 9205.

758 F.Supp. 1244 (1991)

Robert Ian SHERMAN, for himself and as natural guardian for Richard Harry Sherman, a minor son, Plaintiffs, v. COMMUNITY CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 21 OF WHEELING TOWNSHIP, Lloyd Descarpentrie, School District Superintendent, and Dr. Ferne Garrett, Principal of Riley School, individually and as representatives of the State of Illinois, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

February 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan J. Berger, Wauconda, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Marita C. Sullivan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert Reske, Gurion & Lewis, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANN C. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Robert Sherman and his minor son Richard Sherman are atheists and they allege that the Illinois statute which provides for the daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public elementary schools1 violates their rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Mr. Sherman filed a two-count complaint against the school district in...

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