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GROVE v. MEAD SCHOOL DIST. NO. 354

Nos. 83-3690, 83-3784.

753 F.2d 1528 (1985)

Carolyn GROVE, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 354, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Carolyn GROVE, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 354, et al., Defendants, and Mead Education Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1985.

As Amended April 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Farris, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Garald A. Gesinger, Deputy Pros. Atty., Spokane, Wash., Judith Lonnquist, Durning, Webster & Lonnquist, Seattle, Wash., for defendants.

Before WRIGHT, PREGERSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

At issue here is a school board's refusal to remove a book from a sophomore English literature curriculum based on plaintiffs' religious objections to the book. Plaintiffs brought this civil rights suit arguing that use of the book violates the religion clauses of the First Amendment.

The district court granted summary judgment to defendants, finding no violation of the Constitution. We also must decide whether plaintiffs have...

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