WALLACE V. JAFFREE
472 U.S. 38 (1985)
NATURE OF THE CASE: This was a dispute over Alabama statutes that by stages allowed
voluntary prayer lead by public school teachers.
FACTS: Jaffree (P) filed a complaint on behalf of three of his minor children; two of
them were second-grade students and the third was then in kindergarten. P sought a
declaratory judgment and an injunction restraining Wallace (Ds) from maintaining or allowing
the maintenance of regular religious prayer services or other forms of religious observances
in the Mobile County Public Schools in violation of the First Amendment. P alleged that two
of his children had been subjected to various acts of religious indoctrination; that
teachers had 'on a daily basis' led their classes in saying certain prayers in unison; that
his children were exposed to ostracism from their peer group class members if they did not
participate; and that P had repeatedly but unsuccessfully requested that the devotional
services be stopped. The District Court dismissed appellees' challenge to the three Alabama
statutes because of a failure to state any claim for which relief could be granted. The
court's dismissal of this challenge was also based on its conclusion that the Establishment
Clause did not bar the States from establishing a religion. The Court of Appeals reversed.
The Court of Appeals then held that the teachers' religious activities violated the
Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. With respect to 16-1-20.1 and 16-1-20.2,
the Court of Appeals stated that 'both statutes advance and encourage religious activities.'
The Court of Appeals then quoted with approval the District Court's finding that 161-20.1,
and 16-1-20.2, were efforts ''to encourage a religious activity. The Supreme Court granted
review.
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