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STEIN v. PLAINWELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

No. 86-1489.

822 F.2d 1406 (1987)

Bruce STEIN and Martha Dahlinger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PLAINWELL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, David L. Jones, Superintendent, Plainwell Community Schools, Portage Public Schools, and George L. Conti, Superintendent, Portage Public Schools, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 6, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross E. Chapman (Lead Counsel), Deming, Hughey, Lewis, Keiser, Allen & Chapman, P.C., Kalamazoo, Mich., Robert A. Sedler (argued), Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas W. Peterson (argued), Gemrich, Moser, Dombrowski, Bowser & Fette, Kalamazoo, Mich., Lawrence J. Murphy (argued), Howard & Howard, P.C., Kalamazoo, Mich., John G. Manske, Richard D. Fries, for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT, WELLFORD and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

The basic question presented on appeal is: what kind of invocations and benedictions, if any, does the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment permit the public schools to conduct at their annual commencement exercises?

The facts are not in dispute and are found in the joint stipulation filed by the parties. The Plainwell Community Schools and the Portage Public Schools are public school districts organized under Michigan law and...

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