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OLDHAM v. AMERICAN CIV. LIBERTIES UNION

910 S.W.2d 431 (1995)

A. Dewayne OLDHAM, Principal of Westmoreland High School, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. The AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE, INC., Defendant/Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Middle Section, at Nashville.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1995.

Permission to Appeal Denied October 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Russell Heldman and Ernest W. Williams, Franklin, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., James W. White, and Brian A. Lapps, Jr., Nashville, for Defendant/Appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court October 30, 1995.

OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

After being threatened by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) with legal action if he allowed school-sponsored prayer at a high school graduation ceremony, a Sumner County principal sought declaratory and injunctive relief. The Chancery Court of Sumner County dismissed the plaintiff's complaint because the chancellor found that the case was non-justiciable...

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