The Indian River School Board conducted a prayer at its regularly scheduled board meetings. The board meetings were attended by students from the local school district. The question is whether the board’s policy violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The board argued that it is no different from a legislative body, which may open sessions with a prayer and which was permitted in the 1983 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case Marsh v. Chambers .
The 3rd Circuit ruled that the exception established for legislative bodies in Marsh does not apply. Instead, the traditional Establishment Clause principles governing prayer in public schools govern the dispute.
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