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Tuesday 19 February 2013

Case law (US) (relating to AA and religion) (contd)



914 F. Supp. 828 - Dist. Court, ND New York, 1996
... the plaintiff's participation in the FRP on his learning, knowing, believing, and/or working with the "Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous," an allegedly ... However, courts must remain cognizant that not "every state action implicating religion is invalid if one or a few citizens find it ...

904 F. Supp. 582 - Dist. Court, ND Texas, 1995
... The US Magistrate Judge found there was no established legal principle that the 12-Step Alcoholics Anonymous Program was a forced indoctrination of religion, or the required adoption of any particular religious preference in violation of any First Amendment right to free ... 


118 F. Supp. 2d 298 - Dist. Court, ND New York, 2000
... secular purpose; (2) whether it advances or inhibits religion in its principal or primary effect; and (3) whether it fosters excessive entanglement with religion. ... eg, Warner, 115 F.3d at 1076 n. 8 (2d Cir.1996)(holding that because the Plaintiff was sent to Alcoholics Anonymous as a ... 


24 P. 3d 1091, 106 Wash. App. 625 - Wash: Court of Appeals, 1st …, 2001
... Garcia primarily argues that the chemical dependency treatment program requires that he participate in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) classes, which he ... The Establishment Clause guarantees that the "government may not coerce anyone to support or participate in religion or its ... 


852 F. Supp. 798 - Dist. Court, SD Iowa, 1994
... In the "Discussion" section of the opinion, however, the court discusses whether Alcoholics Anonymous "constitutes a religion" and "rejects plaintiff's assertions that the state improperly established a religion and that the defendants imposed a religion on him." Id. at 1017. ... 

 

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