Doe v. Elmbrook School District

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant-School District’s motion for summary judgment in action seeking to enjoin defendant from renting out church sanctuary to hold secular high school graduation ceremony where plaintiffs alleged that holding said graduation ceremony in church violated Establishment Clause. Ct. of Appeals held that renting of church space was neither impermissibly coercive nor endorsement of religion. Ct. further noted that graduates were not forced to participate in any religious exercise even though graduation took place in presence of large and obvious Christian symbols. (Dissent filed.)