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PRATT v. IND. SCH. DIST. NO. 831, FOREST LAKE

No. 81-1579.

670 F.2d 771 (1982)

Steven E. PRATT and Timothy B. Pratt by Douglas C. Pratt, their father and next friend; Sherri Ann Siniff and L. Cathleen Siniff by Edna Siniff, their mother and next friend; Dawn Krinke by Dorothy E. Krinke, her mother and next friend, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Appellees, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 831, FOREST LAKE, MINNESOTA, Appellant. Vernon Boettcher, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Carl Graff, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; John Jergens, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Edith Steinmann, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Rita Tetrault, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Richard Traugott, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Joanne Weeks, individually and as a member of the School Board of Independent School District No. 831; Bernhard Bartel, individually and as the Superintendent of Schools of Independent School District No. 831; and Russell Cooper, individually and as principal of Forest Lake High School, Forest Lake, Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Popovich, Knutson & Flynn, Paul C. Ratwik, argued, Patricia A. Maloney, St. Paul, Minn., for appellant.

Dayton, Herman, Graham & Getts, Philip W. Getts, argued, Minnesota Civil Liberties Union by Linda Ojala, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, Senior District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION.

"The Lottery" is a short story by American author Shirley Jackson in which the citizens of a small town randomly select one person to be stoned to death each year. Since 1972, the curriculum of Independent School District No. 831, Forest Lake, Minnesota, has included the Encyclopedia Brittanica Educational Corporation's film version of "The Lottery," and its accompanying "trailer" film which discusses the story...

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