Michael CHANDLER, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
Forrest H. "Fob" JAMES Jr., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 12, 1997.
March 12, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Steven Green, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, Stephen L. Pevar, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Denver, CO, Pamela L. Sumners, American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Elizabeth Joy Hubertz, Levin, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Thomas, Mitchell, Papantonio, Birmingham, AL, James A. Tucker, Alabama Civil Liberties Union, Montgomery, AL, for Michael Chandler, Jane Doe.
Alan Eric Johnston, Johnston, Trippe & Brown, Birmingham, AL, William P. Gray, Jr., Legal Advisor to the Governor, Governor's Office, State Capitol, Montgomery, AL, for Fob James, Jr.
Jeffery Harris Long, Thomas F. Parker, IV, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Jeff Sessins.
Denise Boone Azar, Ashley H. Hamlett, Dept. of Education, Office of General Counsel, Montgomery, AL, for Ed Richardson, Bradley Byrne, G. J. Higginbotham, Stephanie Bell, Ethel Hall, Willie Paul, David Byers, Jr., Sandra Ray, Mary Jane Caylor.
Donald B. Sweeney, Jr., David P. Condon, Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, AL, Oakley W. Melton, Jr., James Eugene Williams, Melton, Espy, Williams & Hayes, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Weldon Parrish, Jimmy Wilbanks, Johnny Young, Mary Etta Bailey, Willard A. Israel, Tommie Johnson.
Mark A. Rasco, Ralph Gaines, Gaines, Gaines & Rasco, P.C., Talladega, AL, J. Allen Schreiber, Gerald Alan Templeton, Lloyd, Schreiber & Gray, P.C., Birmingham, AL, James Eugene Williams, Melton, Espy, Williams & Hayes, P.C., Montgomery, AL, for Charles E. Kearley, James Braswell, T. Y. Lawrence, Jr., Bonnie Miller, Michael O'Brien, Helen Scales.
United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DE MENT, Judge.
In 1977, the Alabama legislature passed the first in a series of "school prayer" statutes. This first statute, which provided for a moment of silence at the beginning of the school day, see Ala.Code § 16-1-20 (1995), was supplemented in 1981 by a statute which specifically provided that the moment of silence "shall be observed for meditation or voluntary prayer." Ala.Code § 16-1-20.1 (1995). Then...
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