BENNETT v. LIVERMORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Docket No. A029496.

193 Cal.App.3d 1012 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 819

LESLIE ANN BENNETT et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. LIVERMORE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard J. Moore, County Counsel, William E. Rundstrom and Dianna Thurston, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.

Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Edward M. Chen and Matthew A. Coles for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

Amy Adelson, Lois C. Waldman and Marc D. Stern as Amici Curae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

Leslie Ann Bennett, a high school senior at Granada High School in the Livermore Unified School District (School District), and Wilbur Miller, a Livermore taxpayer, obtained judgment from the superior court declaring unconstitutional, under both state and federal Constitutions, the inclusion of a religious invocation in Granada High School graduation ceremonies. The court further enjoined the School District...

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