DOE v. HUMAN

Civ. No. 89-5088.

725 F.Supp. 1503 (1989)

John DOE and Mary Doe, Individually and as Next Friends of the Minor, Chris Doe, and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Paul Dee HUMAN, Superintendent of Gravette Public School District; A.P. Vohs, Principal of Gravette School Board; and John Garrett, Rex Elder, Jerry Easley, Charles L. Casey, Billy V. Hall, and Bill Meade, Members of the Gravette School Board; and Their Agents, Employees, and Successors in Office; and The Gravette Public School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division.

November 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Lingle, Rogers, Ark., for plaintiffs.

John Eidsmoe, Broken Arrow, Okl., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, District Judge.

For longer than anyone can reliably remember, perhaps for as long as 51 years, the Gravette, Arkansas public schools have provided an opportunity for its elementary school children to learn about the Bible. Bible classes are taught during regular school hours and in the school building, by volunteers who are not acting on behalf of any church and are not employees of the school. No course credit...

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