Carolyn Grove, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle v. Mead School District No. 354, Carolyn Grove, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle v. Mead School District No. 354, and Mead Education Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant

753 F.2d 1528 53 USLW 2450 , 22 Ed. Law Rep. 1141 Carolyn GROVE, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 354, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Carolyn GROVE, Warren Riddle, and Sylvia Riddle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 354, et al., Defendants, and Mead Education Association, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant. Nos. 83-3690, 83-3784. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 4, 1984. Decided Feb. 22, 1985. As Amended April 15, 1985. Michael P. Farris, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs. Garald A. Gesinger, Deputy Pros. Atty., Spokane, Wash., Judith Lonnquist, Durning, Webster & Lonnquist, Seattle, Wash., for defendants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before WRIGHT, PREGERSON, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 At issue here is a school board's refusal to remove a book from a sophomore English literature curriculum based on plaintiffs' religious objections to the book. Plaintiffs brought this civil rights suit arguing that use of the book violates the religion clauses of the First Amendment. 2 The district…