Home/Case Law/Fourth Circuit/Child Evangelism Fellowship of Maryland, Incorporated, a Maryland Not-For-Profit Corporation Child Evangelism Fellowship of Northwest Maryland, a Maryland Association v. Montgomery County Public Schools Jerry D. Weast, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools Patricia O'Neill Sharon W. Cox Kermit v. Burnett Reginald M. Felton Charles Haughey Walter N. Lange Gabe Romero, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Education for Montgomery County, Clifton Kirkpatrick, as Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church National Association of Evangelicals Al Black Rhonda Black, as Parents and Next Friends of Eric Black United States of America Joseph J. Hills Amici Supporting National School Boards Association Maryland Association of Boards of Education National Parent Teacher Association American Association of School Administrators Montgomery Soccer, Incorporated Americans United for Separation of Church and State the Antidefamation League People for the American Way National Education Association American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Amici Supporting
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No. 786725
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Child Evangelism Fellowship of Maryland, Incorporated, a Maryland Not-For-Profit Corporation Child Evangelism Fellowship of Northwest Maryland, a Maryland Association v. Montgomery County Public Schools Jerry D. Weast, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools Patricia O'Neill Sharon W. Cox Kermit v. Burnett Reginald M. Felton Charles Haughey Walter N. Lange Gabe Romero, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Education for Montgomery County, Clifton Kirkpatrick, as Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church National Association of Evangelicals Al Black Rhonda Black, as Parents and Next Friends of Eric Black United States of America Joseph J. Hills Amici Supporting National School Boards Association Maryland Association of Boards of Education National Parent Teacher Association American Association of School Administrators Montgomery Soccer, Incorporated Americans United for Separation of Church and State the Antidefamation League People for the American Way National Education Association American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Amici Supporting
No. 786725 · Decided June 30, 2004
No. 786725·Fourth Circuit · 2004·
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Case Details
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided
June 30, 2004
Citation
No. 786725
Disposition
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Child Evangelism Fellowship of Maryland, Incorporated, a Maryland Not-For-Profit Corporation Child Evangelism Fellowship of Northwest Maryland, a Maryland Association v. Montgomery County Public Schools Jerry D. Weast, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools Patricia O'Neill Sharon W. Cox Kermit v. Burnett Reginald M. Felton Charles Haughey Walter N. Lange Gabe Romero, in Their Official Capacities as Members of the Board of Education for Montgomery County, Clifton Kirkpatrick, as Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church National Association of Evangelicals Al Black Rhonda Black, as Parents and Next Friends of Eric Black United States of America Joseph J. Hills Amici Supporting National School Boards Association Maryland Association of Boards of Education National Parent Teacher Association American Association of School Administrators Montgomery Soccer, Incorporated Americans United for Separation of Church and State the Antidefamation League People for the American Way National Education Association American Civil Liberties Union of the National Capital Area American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Amici Supporting is a decision of the Fourth Circuit. Review the opinion text below for the holding.
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