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Legal Citation: 505 U.S. 577 (1992)

Petitioners
Robert E. Lee, et al.

Respondent
Daniel Weisman

Petitioners' Claim
That nonsectarian prayers offered as invocations and benedictions at public school graduation ceremonies do not represent an infringement of the Establishment Clause suggesting separation of church and state.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
Charles J. Cooper

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Sandra A. Blanding

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Anthony M. Kennedy (writing for the Court), Sandra Day O'Connor, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
24 June 1992

Decision
Affirmed rulings of the district court and court of...