# Sarah E. Coles, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley Coles, (97-3104), (97-3082), Gene T. Tracey, (97-3104) v. Cleveland Board of Education

> Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · June 11, 1999 · 183 F.3d 538

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9492271

## Case

- **Full name:** Sarah E. COLES, by Her Next Friend, Elizabeth Lashley COLES, Plaintiff (97-3104), Plaintiff-Appellant (97-3082), Gene T. Tracey, Plaintiff-Appellant (97-3104), v. CLEVELAND BOARD OF EDUCATION, Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- **Decided:** June 11, 1999
- **Citations:** 183 F.3d 538; 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 14986
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Ryan
- **Judges:** Boggs, Merritt, Ryan, Cole, Gilman, Nelson, Norris, Suhrheinrich, Siler, Batchelder, Martin
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9492271

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that benedictions and invocations are proper so long as they do not exceed the scope of “the American civil religion”

## Opinion text

RYAN, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent from the court’s order denying rehearing en banc for the reasons stated in my opinion dissenting from the opinion and judgment of the panel in this case.

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9492271. Public record. Not legal advice.