MALNAK v. YOGI

Civ. A. No. 76-341.

440 F.Supp. 1284 (1977)

Alan B. MALNAK et al., Plaintiffs, v. Maharishi Mahesh YOGI et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McCarter & English by Julius B. Poppinga, Newark, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Fischer & Kagan by Jay D. Fischer, Clifton, N.J., and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison by Edward N. Costikyan, Bernard Ouziel, New York City, for defendants World Plan Executive Council.

Scipio L. Africano, Union City, N.J., for defendant Board of Ed. of Union City.

Jonathan L. Goldstein, U.S. Atty. by William E. Staehle, Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for defendants United States Dept. of Health, Ed. and Welfare, and United States of America.

William F. Hyland, Atty. Gen., State of New Jersey by Guy S. Michael, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for State of New Jersey defendants.


OPINION

MEANOR, District Judge.

Plaintiffs move for partial summary judgment to enjoin the teaching of the "Science of Creative Intelligence" in the public schools of New Jersey on the ground that such teaching violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The material facts are not contested, although the parties vigorously dispute the significance of those facts.

The suit involves 12 named plaintiffs and 20 named defendants. Plaintiffs...

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