Mozert v. Hawkins
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Mozert v. Hawkins, 827 F.2d 1058 (6th Cir. 1987), was a notable case involving First Amendment rights of religion in protesting required public school reading for students in Tennessee.[1][2][3]
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Mozert v. Hawkins | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
Full case name | Bob & Alice Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education (Hawkins County Public Schools) |
Argued | July 9, 1987 |
Decided | August 24, 1987 |
Citation | 827 F.2d 1058 |
Case history | |
Prior history | Injunction granted, claim for damages dismissed, Mozert v. Hawkins Cty. Pub. Sch., 647 F. Supp. 1194 (E.D. Tenn. 1986) |
Subsequent history | Rehearing denied (October 5, 1987); cert. denied, 484 U.S. 1066 (1988). |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Pierce Lively, Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy, Danny Julian Boggs |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Lively, joined by Kennedy |
Concurrence | Boggs |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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