SHERIDAN ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH v. DEP'T OF EDUC.

Docket No. 69050.

132 Mich. App. 1 (1984)

348 N.W.2d 263

SHERIDAN ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided February 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ball & Skelly (by William B. Ball and Philip J. Murren), and Michael E. Thomas, for plaintiffs.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Louis J. Caruso, Solicitor General, and Gerald F. Young and Richard P. Gartner, Assistants Attorney General, for defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Miller, Cohen, Martens & Sugerman, P.C. (by Mark H. Cousens and Paul L. Kleinbaum), for the Michigan Federation of Teachers.

Steven F. McDowell and Jeffrey R. Portko, for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. (by James A. White and William K. Fahey), for the Michigan Education Association.

Before: M.J. KELLY, P.J., and HOOD and SHEPHERD, JJ.


SHEPHERD, J.

Defendants appeal from the trial court's finding that state laws requiring certification of teachers in nonpublic schools, and mandating certain courses and curriculum standards in such schools, violate plaintiffs' right to freely exercise their religious beliefs, US Const, Am I, and its order enjoining enforcement of the same as to plaintiffs. In his written opinion, the trial judge also held that the treacher certification requirement and state supervision...

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