Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens
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Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case involving a school district's ability to hold classes on Bible study after school.
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Quick Facts Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens, Argued January 9, 1990 Decided June 4, 1990 ...
Westside Community Board of Education v. Mergens | |
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Argued January 9, 1990 Decided June 4, 1990 | |
Full case name | Board of Education of the Westside Community Schools, etc., et al., Petitioners v. Bridget C. Mergens, by and through her next friend, Daniel N. Mergens, et al. |
Citations | 496 U.S. 226 (more) 110 S. Ct. 2356; 110 L. Ed. 2d 191; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2880; 58 U.S.L.W. 4720 |
Case history | |
Prior | 867 F.2d 1076 (8th Cir. 1989); cert. granted, 492 U.S. 917 (1989). |
Holding | |
School districts may not prohibit Bible study groups from meeting on school premises if they allow other groups to meet on school premises. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | O'Connor (parts I, II-A, II-B, II-C), joined by Rehnquist, White, Blackmun, Scalia, Kennedy |
Plurality | O'Connor (part III), joined by Rehnquist, White, Blackmun |
Concurrence | Kennedy, joined by Scalia |
Concurrence | Marshall, joined by Brennan |
Dissent | Stevens |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I; Equal Access Act |
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