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JAFFREE v. JAMES

Civ. A. No. 82-0792-H.

554 F.Supp. 1130 (1983)

Ishmael JAFFREE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Fob JAMES, in his official capacities as Governor of the State of Alabama and ex officio member of the State Board of Education; Charles Graddick, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Alabama; John Tyson, Jr., Ron Creel, S.A. Cherry, Ralph Higginbotham, Victor P. Poole, Harold C. Martin, James B. Allen, Jr., and Roscoe Roberts, Jr., in their official capacities as members of the Alabama State Board of Education, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Alabama, S.D.

January 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronnie L. Williams, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Anne Neamon, pro se and for petitioners as Friend of Court Citizens for God and Country.

Fob James, III, pro se.

Charles S. Coody, Counsel Director, Div. of Legal Services, Dept. of Education, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants, Tyson, Creel, Cherry, Higginbotham, Poole, Martin, Allen and Roberts.

Bob Sherling, Mobile, Ala., for intervenors.

Maury D. Smith, David R. Boyd, Montgomery, Ala., for Gov. James.

ORDER

HAND, Chief Judge.

The complaint in this case challenges Senate Bill 8, Alabama Act 82-735, popularly known as "the Prayer Law", Senate Bill 61 (1982), Ala.Code § 16-1-20 (silent meditation), and Ala.Code § 16-1-22.1.

I. The Allegations

The complaint in this case alleges that Senate Bill 61 (1982), Senate Bill 8 (1982) and Ala.Code § 16-1-20.1 violate the rights of the plaintiffs to be free from the state endorsement...

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