DOE v. SANTA FE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 97-40150.

168 F.3d 806 (1999)

Jane DOE, Individually and as next of friend for her minor children, Jane and John Doe, Minor Children; Jane Doe # 2, Individually and as next of friend for her minor child, John Doe, Minor Child, and John Doe, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. SANTA FE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants, Santa Fe Independent School District, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Griffin, Debora L. Perkey, Galveston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

Lisa A. Brown, Kelly C. Frels, Reagan D. Pratt, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Before JOLLY, WIENER and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In Jones v. Clear Creek Independent School District, 977 F.2d 963 (5th Cir.1992) (Clear Creek II), we declared Clear Creek's policy of allowing a student-selected, student-given, nonsectarian, nonproselytizing invocation and benediction at high school graduations ("Clear Creek Prayer Policy") not violative of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The...

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