WEISMAN v. LEE

No. 90-1151.

908 F.2d 1090 (1990)

Daniel WEISMAN, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Robert E. LEE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Rotella, Providence, R.I., for defendants, appellants.

Sandra A. Blanding, Warwick, R.I., for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The issue presented for review is whether a benediction invoking a deity delivered by a member of the clergy at an annual public school graduation violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution as construed by the Supreme Court under the second prong of the Lemon test. See Lemon v. Kurtzman,

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