AMERICAN HUMANIST ASS'N v. DOUGLAS CTY. SCHOOL

No. 16-1049.

859 F.3d 1243 (2017)

AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, INC.; John Doe, individually, and as parent and next friend of Doe Child-1 and Doe Child-2; Doe Child-1, a minor; Doe Child-2, a minor; Jack Roe, individually and as a parent on behalf of a minor; Jane Zoe, individually and as a parent on behalf of a minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Jill Roe, individually and as a parent on behalf of a minor, Plaintiff, v. DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1; Douglas County Board of Education; Elizabeth Celania-Fagen, in her official capacity as Superintendent of Douglas County School District; John Gutierrez, in his official capacity as Principal of Cougar Run Elementary School; Jerry Goings, in his official capacity as Principal of Highlands Ranch High School, Defendants-Appellees, and Michael Munier, in his individual capacity; Wendy Koceski, in her official capacity as Elementary Principal of SkyView Academy; Lisa Nolan, in her official capacity as Executive Director of SkyView Academy, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Filed June 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Niose ( Monica L. Miller , with him on the briefs), American Humanist Association, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Eric V. Hall ( Stacy Kourlis Guillon , with him on the brief), Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, LLP, Denver, Colorado, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before LUCERO, HARTZ, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.


Plaintiffs, families with children enrolled in the Douglas County School District RE-1 ("DCSD") and the American Humanist Association ("AHA"), filed this action challenging various DCSD practices as violations of the Establishment Clause and the Equal Access Act ("EAA"). They contend that DCSD has engaged in a pattern and...

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