# Stewart v. Washington

> District Court, District of Columbia · June 4, 1969 · 301 F. Supp. 610

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9664931

## Case

- **Full name:** Roma STEWART, Plaintiff, v. Walter E. WASHINGTON Et Al., Defendants
- **Court:** District Court, District of Columbia
- **Decided:** June 4, 1969
- **Citations:** 301 F. Supp. 610; 1969 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9962
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Smith
- **Judges:** Wright, Leventhal, Smith
- **Cited by:** 10 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/9664931

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that the No Religious Test Clause “recoil[s] from the odious test oaths that emerged in Britain in the 17th century, and which disqualified from public office all Catholics and non-conformists not subscribing to the doctrines of the Church of England”

## Opinion text

*614 JOHN LEWIS SMITH, Jr., District Judge,
concurs in the result but feels that this case like Haskett v. Washington, should be decided without holding section 7311 unconstitutional.
JUDGMENT
In accordance with our memorandum opinion of June 4, 1969, it is hereby adjudged, decreed, and ordered, that defendants herein be enjoined from requiring plaintiff to sign the affidavit set forth in plaintiff’s complaint as a prerequisite to assuming her position of substitute teacher in Project 470 of the District of Columbia School System.

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