BROWN v. WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

No. 92-15772.

27 F.3d 1373 (1994)

Douglas E. BROWN; Katherine E. Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WOODLAND JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee, Woodland Parents Group, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Bull, American Family Ass'n Law Center, Tupelo, MS, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Paul T. Friedman, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, CA; Elliot M. Mincberg, People for the American Way, Washington, DC, for defendant-intervenor-appellee.

Bruce J. Sarchet, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Patrick J. Carome, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, counsel for amicus American Ass'n of School Adm'rs, et al.

George D. Ruttinger, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, for amicus National Ass'n of Laity, et al.

Before: FERGUSON, THOMPSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether classroom activities in a California public school district require children to practice the "religion" of witchcraft in violation of the federal Establishment Clause and the California Constitution.

I

Douglas E. Brown and Katherine E. Brown, parents of two students formerly enrolled in the Woodland Joint Unified School District (the "School District"), seek...

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