Case Name: Daniel WEISMAN, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Robert E. LEE, et al., Defendants, Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1990-07-23
Citations: 908 F.2d 1090
Docket Number: No. 90-1151
Parties: Daniel WEISMAN, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Robert E. LEE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.
Judges: Before CAMPBELL and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 908
Pages: 1090–1099

Head Matter:
Daniel WEISMAN, etc., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Robert E. LEE, et al., Defendants, Appellants.
No. 90-1151.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
Heard May 10, 1990.
Decided July 23, 1990.
Joseph A. Rotella, Providence, R.I., for defendants, appellants.
Sandra A. Blanding, Warwick, R.I., for plaintiff, appellee.
Before CAMPBELL and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. The issue presented for review is whether a benediction invoking a deity delivered by a member of the clergy at an annual public school graduation violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution as construed by the Supreme Court under the second prong of the Lemon test. See Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602, 612-13, 91 S.Ct. 2105, 2111-12, 29 L.Ed.2d 745 (1971). The district court held that it did. 728 F.Supp. 68 (D.R.I.1990).
We are in agreement with the sound and pellucid opinion of the district court and see no reason to elaborate further.
Affirmed.