The Lee v. Weisman case happened because Principal Lee had a rabbi come and say a prayer at the Nathan Bishop Middle School in Providence, RI and Deborah Weisman's parents objected to that because they were Jewish and thought that the prayer was inappropriate.

In Lee v. Weisman (1992), the Supreme Court ruled that prayers delivered by clergy at public school graduation ceremonies violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Court held that such prayers can give the impression of school endorsement of religion and thus are unconstitutional.

Richard Weisman's birth name is Richard Allen Weisman.

Rowland V. Lee died in 1975.

Rowland V. Lee was born in 1891.