United States Ninth Circuit

A school district violated either the Equal Access Act or a student's First Amendment rights, by denying her Bible Club the same rights and benefits as other school district student clubs, and in refusing to allow the club equal religion-neutral access to school facilities.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/09/2001
• Decided 09/09/2002
• Published 09/09/2002

Judges

• Before HALL, WARDLAW and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Keith A. Kemper,Ellis, Li & McKinstry, Seattle, WA, Walter M. Weber, The American Center for Law and Justice, Washington, DC, David A. Cortman, Panama City Beach, FL, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John H. Binns, Jr. & Daniel C. Montopoli, Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara, Tacoma, WA, for the defendants-appellees., Aaron H. Caplan for the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington, Seattle, WA, and Sue Stengel for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, Las Angeles, CA, amici in support of defendants-appellees.