BREEN v. RUNKEL

No. G85-531 CA.

614 F.Supp. 355 (1985)

Melvin BREEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Phillip E. RUNKEL, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

July 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. Sielski, Bussard & Sielski, Grand Haven, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Gerald F. Young, Paul J. Zimmer, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendant.


OPINION

BENJAMIN F. GIBSON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in this case, teachers, students, and parents of students at Allendale Elementary School, seek declaratory and injunctive relief against Phillip E. Runkel, Michigan's Superintendent of Public Instruction. According to the allegations of their complaint, plaintiff teachers, from time to time, pray in their classrooms, read from the Bible, and tell stories that have a biblical basis. Complaint ¶ 7...

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