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O'HAIR v. BLUMENTHAL

Civ. A. No. A-77-CA-166.

462 F.Supp. 19 (1978)

Madalyn Murray O'HAIR et al. v. W. Michael BLUMENTHAL et al.

United States District Court, W. D. Texas, Austin Division.

April 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, David J. Anderson, Martha A. Fleetwood, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., W. Dist. of Tex., San Antonio, Tex., for defendants.

Judith P. Abbott, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs.

ORDER

ROBERTS, Judge.

Defendants have moved to dismiss this suit, which makes various allegations concerning the constitutionality of the national motto "In God We Trust" and, specifically, the use of that motto on national coin and currency. Plaintiffs have first alleged that 36 U.S.C. § 186, the statute making "In God We Trust" the national motto, is unconstitutional in that it violates the free exercise and establishment clauses of the First Amendment...

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