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STEELE v. VAN BUREN PUBLIC SCHOOL DIST.

No. 87-1738.

845 F.2d 1492 (1988)

Nancy STEELE, as parent and next friend of her three minor children, Jennifer Robin Steele, Joanna Marie Steele, and Julianna Steele, Appellees, v. VAN BUREN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; Billy W. Mitchell, Superintendent of the Van Buren Public School District; Gene Neidecker, Ivorson Riggs, Dr. Mike Hurst, Robert Daughtery, Jim Lockheart, Darral Sparkman, Otis Arnold & Ray Nelson, Individually and in their official capacities as members of the Van Buren Public School District Board of Directors, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Core, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellants.

Gregory T. Karber, Fort Smith, Ark., Michelle Strause, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Nancy Steele sued Van Buren school district under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 as parent and next friend of her three daughters. She sought declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the district violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment by permitting teachers to conduct prayer and religious activities at mandatory school functions. The district court1 declared that the district violated...

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