United States Fourth Circuit

A Virginia law mandating a moment of silence in classrooms does not violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution because it accommodates religious exercise but does not mandate it.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/08/2001
• Decided 07/24/2001
• Published 07/24/2001

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Stuart Henry Newberger, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Appellants. William Henry Hurd, Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Daniel A. Sasse, David L. Haga, Christina M. Mireles, Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC;  Rebecca K. Glenberg, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, Richmond, VA, for Appellants.  Mark L. Earley, Attorney General, Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Alison P. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Richmond, VA, for Appellees.