C.F. EX REL. FARNAN v. CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL

Nos. 09-56689, 09-56690.

654 F.3d 975 (2011)

C.F., by and through his parents Teresa FARNAN and Bill Farnan, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT; Dr. James Corbett, individually and in his official capacity as an employee of Capistrano Unified School District, Defendants-Appellees, and California Teachers Association/NEA; Capistrano Unified Education Association, Intervenors-Appellees. C.F., by and through his parents Teresa Farnan and Bill Farnan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dr. James Corbett, individually and in his official capacity as an employee of Capistrano Unified School District, Defendant-Appellant, and Capistrano Unified School District, Defendant, and California Teachers Association/NEA; Capistrano Unified Education Association, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Tyler and Jennifer L. Monk (argued), Advocates for Faith and Freedom, Murrieta, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee.

Erwin Chemerinsky (argued), U.C. Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA; J. Craig Johnson and Christian A. Hickersberger , Tenner Johnson LLP, Riverside, CA; Daniel K. Spradlin , Roberta A. Kraus , Woodruff, Spradlin & Smart, APC, Costa Mesa, CA, for the defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Michael D. Hersh , California Teachers Association, Santa Fe Springs, CA; Laura P. Juran and Emmy Leheny , California Teachers Association, Burlingame, CA, for the intervenors-appellees.

Before: A. WALLACE TASHIMA and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges, and MARK L. WOLF, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

The First Amendment provides that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." U.S. Const. amend. I. The government runs afoul of the Establishment Clause through disparagement as well as endorsement of religion. See Catholic League for Religious & Civil Rights v. City & Cnty. of S.F., 624 F.3d 1043, 1060 (9th...

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