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SHERR v. NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT U. FREE SCH. D.

Nos. CV 87-3116, CV 87-3197.

672 F.Supp. 81 (1987)

In the Matter of Alan Paul SHERR, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants. In the Matter of Louis LEVY, etc., et al., v. NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

October 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Filenbaum, Spring Valley, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Ingerman, Smith, Greenberg, Gross & Richmond by Warren Richmond III, Northport, N.Y., for defendants Northport-East Northport Union Free School Dist., Dr. William J. Brosnan, John Scurti and Clifford Bishop.

Robert Abrams, New York State Atty. Gen. by Tarquin Jay Bromley, Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, for defendants New York State Com'r. of Educ. and New York State Com'r of Health.

WEXLER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Bill of Rights opens with the powerful admonition, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ...," U.S. CONST. amend. I, and, at least throughout most of the twentieth century, courts throughout the United States have maintained a vigorous watch over possible governmental encroachment upon the fundamental right of individuals to hold fast to the...

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