Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD), et al.
Petitioners
Terence J. Cassidy, Counsel of RecordOn October 29, 1984, Elk Grove Unified School District approved a policy that mandated daily patriotic observances, such as the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance, in all elementary and secondary school classrooms. This practice continued without controversy until March 8, 2000, when Michael Newdow, the parent of a student in an Elk Grove elementary school, filed suit against EGUSD, the school district superintendent, the Sacramento City school district and its superintendent, the United States Government, the U.S. Congress, and the President, alleging that both the policy and the Pledge itself violated the Establishment Clause…
