Supreme Court of the United States

Brown v. Gilmore

September 12, 2001533 U.S. 1301

Summary

Circuit Justice Rehnquist denied an application for injunctive relief pending writ of certiorari, refusing to stay implementation of Virginia's minute of silence statute. He found the applicants' legal rights not indisputably clear under the All Writs Act standard, distinguishing the case from Wallace v. Jaffree due to the statute's clear secular purpose and lack of evidence of collective prayer.