MAY v. EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP.

No. 85-2234.

787 F.2d 1105 (1986)

Mary MAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 1, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Neuberger, Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert P. Musgrave, II, Kightlinger, Young, Gray & DeTrude, Jeffrey R. Frank, Frank & Collins, Evansville, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

David J. Emmert, amicus curiae, for Indiana School Boards Ass'n.

Marc D. Stern, Lois C. Waldman, Ronald A. Krauss, New York City, Geoffrey Stone, Sylvia M. Neil, Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae, for American Jewish Congress.

Before POSNER, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 28, 1986.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Harper Elementary School (kindergarten through fifth grade) is a public school in southern Indiana with about 350 students and 30 teachers (including teachers' aides). Early in 1981 Mary May and two other teachers — all three evangelical Christians — began meeting every Tuesday morning at the school to pray, sing hymns, and discuss the Bible. Four or five other teachers...

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