BRONX HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH v. BOARD OF EDUC.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane L. Gordan , Senior Counsel ( Edward F.X. Hart , Lisa Grumet , Janice Casey Silverberg, on the brief), for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, NY, for Appellants.

Jordan W. Lorence , Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, D.C. ( Joseph P. Infranco , Jeffrey A. Shafer , David A. Cortman , Benjamin W. Bull , on the brief), for Appellees.

Michael J. Garcia , United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY, ( David J. Kennedy , Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, Grace Chung Becker , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Dennis J. Dimsey , Eric W. Treene , Karl N. Gellert , Attorneys, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Mitchell A. Karlan , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, ( Aric H. Wu , Farrah L. Pepper , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Carol Nelkin , Jeffrey P. Sinensky , Kara H. Stein , The American Jewish Committee, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae The American Jewish Committee.

Isaac Fong , Center for Law and Religious Freedom, Springfield, VA, ( Kimberlee Wood Colby , Gregory S. Baylor , on the brief), for Amicus Curiae The Christian Legal Society.

Eloise Pasachoff , Committee on Education and the Law, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, New York, NY, ( Jonathan R. Bell , Rosemary Halligan , Laura L. Himelstein , on the brief), for Amicus Curiae Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Judge JOHN M. WALKER, JR. dissents by separate opinion.