Johnson v. Stuart

702 F.2d 193 9 Ed. Law Rep. 1148 Nely L. JOHNSON; Mark T. Johnson, by his guardian ad litem Pamela Webb-Selden; Brian J. Freeman; Phillippe C. Freeman, Louis R. Freeman and Pierre A. Freeman, by their guardian ad litem Pamela Webb-Selden, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Daniel R. Barde, Plaintiff, v. Sedley N. STUART, Wanda Silverman, Kenneth Smith, Clifford Freeman, Joyce Benjamin, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-3451. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 7, 1982. Decided March 25, 1983. David H. Wilson, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellants. James E. Mountain, Salem, Or., Donald C. Jeffery, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, WALLACE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. BROWNING, Chief Judge: 1 Public School teachers, students, and students' parents brought suit under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 against the Oregon State Board of Education, the Oregon State Textbook Commission, Portland School District No. 1 J, and Gresham Grade School District No. 4, 1 challenging the constitutionality of Oregon's textbook selection statute, Or.Rev.Stat.…