HED 6501: The Law and Higher Education: Assignment 3

The following will be included in our next class discussion on Religion and the Public-Private Dichotomy in Higher Education.  Our discussion will also include material on this topic you encountered in your previous assigned reading.

1. (All) Read over the following cases and be familiar with the basic facts, issues and decisions: 

 

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, on the relation of Mary Gallwey v. DANIEL K. GRIMM
SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON
146 Wn.2d 445; 48 P.3d 274; 2002 Wash. LEXIS 413
June 12, 2001, Argued 
June 13, 2002, Filed

JAMES A. TANFORD v. MYLES BRAND
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
104 F.3d 982; 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 737
December 10, 1996, ARGUED 
January 16, 1997, Decided

Charles Sherman v. Curators of the University of Missouri, Appellee

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
16 F.3d 860; 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 2364
January 12, 1994, Submitted 
February 14, 1994, Filed

CHAUDHURI  v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIt
130 F.3d 232; 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 32197; 1997 FED App. 0337P (6th Cir.)

July 29, 1997, Argued
November 18, 1997, Decided
November 18, 1997, Filed

MELLEN v. BUNTING

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
327 F.3d 355; 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 8014
January 21, 2003, Argued
April 28, 2003, Decided

2. Each of you is assigned one case to brief.  Use the guidelines provided in the LibGuide Tab “Writing Case Briefs” in writing your briefs.  You may be asked to give an overview of your assigned cases as part of our class discussion, so be prepared to do so.  Assigned briefs will be turned in at the end of each class.

You can also click on: “Working With Legal Documents” to access the Power Point material reviewed in Class.

(Names in parentheses preceding each case indicate cases assigned.) 

(Hamid)

WIDMAR ET AL. v. VINCENT ET AL.

No. 80-689 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
454 U.S. 263; 102 S. Ct. 269; 70 L. Ed. 2d 440; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 134; 50 U.S.L.W. 4062
October 6, 1981, Argued 
December 8, 1981, Decided 

(Louise)
BOB JONES UNIVERSITY v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-3 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
461 U.S. 574; 103 S. Ct. 2017; 76 L. Ed. 2d 157; 1983 U.S. LEXIS 36; 51 U.S.L.W. 4593; 83-1 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P9366; 52 A.F.T.R.2d (RIA) 5001
October 12, 1982, Argued 
May 24, 1983, Decided

(Brett)
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND MONMOUTH COUNCIL, ET AL. v. JAMES DALE
No. 99-699 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
530 U.S. 640; 120 S. Ct. 2446; 147 L. Ed. 2d 554; 2000 U.S. LEXIS 4487; 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 520
April 26, 2000, Argued 
June 28, 2000, Decided

(Bianca)

LEMON ET AL. v. KURTZMAN, SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION OF PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.

No. 89 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
403 U.S. 602; 91 S. Ct. 2105; 29 L. Ed. 2d 745; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 19
March 3, 1971, Argued 
June 28, 1971, Decided *

(JR)

TILTON ET AL. v. RICHARDSON, SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE, ET AL.

No. 153
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
403 U.S. 672; 91 S. Ct. 2091; 29 L. Ed. 2d 790; 1971 U.S. LEXIS 20
March 2-3, 1971, Argued 
June 28, 1971, Decided

(TJ)

HUNT v. McNAIR, GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ET AL.

No. 71-1523 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
413 U.S. 734; 93 S. Ct. 2868; 37 L. Ed. 2d 923; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 13
February 21, 1973, Argued 
June 25, 1973, Decided

(Von)

RACHEL AGOSTINI, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. BETTY-LOUISE FELTON ET AL. CHANCELLOR, BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. BETTY-LOUISE FELTON ET AL.

Nos. 96-552, 96-553 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
521 U.S. 203; 117 S. Ct. 1997; 138 L. Ed. 2d 391; 1997 U.S. LEXIS 4000; 65 U.S.L.W. 4524; 37 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 1051; 97 Cal. Daily Op. Service 4765; 97 Daily Journal DAR 7843; 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 76
April 15, 1997, Argued 
June 23, 1997, * Decided 

(Jordan)

ROEMER ET AL. v. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF MARYLAND ET AL.

No. 74-730 
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
426 U.S. 736; 96 S. Ct. 2337; 49 L. Ed. 2d 179; 1976 U.S. LEXIS 70
February 23, 1976, Argued 
June 21, 1976

(Elring)

WITTERS v. WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF SERVICES FOR THE BLIND

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
474 U.S. 481; 106 S. Ct. 748; 88 L. Ed. 2d 846; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 49; 54 U.S.L.W. 4135
November 6, 1985, Argued 
January 27, 1986, Decided 

(Whitney)

COLUMBIA UNION COLLEGE v. JOHN J. OLIVER, JR.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
254 F.3d 496; 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 14253
May 7, 2001, Argued 
June 26, 2001, Decided

(Jonathan)

HAROLD E. STEELE v. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT NASHVILLE

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
301 F.3d 401; 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 16375; 2002 FED App. 0274P (6th Cir.); 2002-2 U.S. Tax Cas. (CCH) P50,598
February 1, 2002, Argued 
August 14, 2002, Decided 
August 14, 2002, Filed 

(Joe )

Larry Witters v. State of Washington Commission for the Blind

SUPREME COURT OF WASHINGTON

112 Wn.2d 363; 71 P.2d 1119; 1989 Wash. LEXIS 39

April 20, 1989, Filed