MANGOLD v. ALBERT GALLATIN A. SCH. DIST., FAYETTE CO., PA.

No. 18482.

438 F.2d 1194 (1971)

Edwin J. MANGOLD, individually and as parent and natural guardian of James A. Mangold and Leonard Mangold v. The ALBERT GALLATIN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, c/o Carmine Molinaro, Esq., Solicitor, 311 Second National Bank Building, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 15425, c/o Ruby Provane, Secretary, Fairchance-Georges Junior-Senior High School, R. D. #2, Union-town, Pennsylvania 15401. The Albert Gallatin Area School District, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmine V. Molinaro, Jr., Connellsville, Pa., for appellant.

Louis B. Kushner, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and MASTERSON, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

On March 17, 1969, the board of education of the Albert Gallatin Area School District adopted a motion that the school district "install Bible reading and some nondenominational mass prayer in the school district." Although the defendant school district argues that the daily program of Bible reading and nondenominational mass prayer that followed the adoption of this motion was merely "voluntary actions of students," the...

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