Opinion
May 27, 1964.
Arthur L. Beaudette, Town Counsel ( George K. Gardner with him), for the respondent.
John E. Sullivan, Assistant Attorney General, for the petitioner.
Gerald A. Berlin, Sanford Kowal, Daniel D. Levenson, Max Volterra, Albert P. Zabin, for New England Region, American Jewish Congress, another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.
Howard S. Whiteside Henry P. Monaghan, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to enjoin the respondent school committee from ordering the continuation of Bible reading and prayer in the public schools of North Brookfield. A single justice entered findings, rulings, and an order. The respondent committee appeals from a judgment enjoining it in accordance with the prayers of the petition. The judgment is affirmed for the reasons given by the single justice in his findings and rulings.