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Hilsenrath v. Chathams School District Board of Education

Pending petition

Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
25-256 3d Cir. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Issue: (1) Whether a public school violates the establishment clause by assigning content that proselytizes for, extols, and gives favored treatment to Islam (or any other religion) that conflicts with the religious beliefs of parents and their children; (2) whether, given the “complementary purposes” of the religion clauses, the protection that the establishment clause provides to parents and their children in public schools under Edwards and Lee is coextensive with the protection the free exercise clause provides them under Mahmoud and, therefore, prohibits public schools from assigning, without notice, content that conflicts with their religious beliefs.