McCREARY v. STONE

No. 1071, Docket 83-9052.

739 F.2d 716 (1984)

Kathleen S. McCREARY, David Drabkin, Ann F. Cawley, Angelina J. Messenger, Edward R. Napolitano, Charles E. Butler, John D. Hawkins, Nancy G. Steger, Richard Cacciato, Carol Ann Pascal, Marty T. Thompson and Gregory De Sousa, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Jean STONE, Elisabeth M. Brown, Edward Falkenberg, Beatrice K. Underweiser, The Board of Trustees of the Village of Scarsdale, and The Village of Scarsdale, Defendants-Appellees. The SCARSDALE CRECHE COMMITTEE, Patricia Curran, Cynthia Barsuhn, Grace Fellows, Doris Adler, Mary Tully, Joan Mann and Maria Pedulla, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE and The Board of Trustees of the Village of Scarsdale, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 21, 1984.

Certiorari Granted October 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin E. Frankel, New York City (Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York City; Steven E. Greenbaum, Thomas R. Newman, New York City, of counsel; Siff & Newman, New York City), for defendants-appellees.

(Leslie K. Shedlin, New York City; Justin J. Finger, Jeffery P. Sinensky, Ruti G. Teitel, New York City, of counsel), for Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith as amicus curiae.

Marvin Schwartz, New York City (Sara Goodman, New York City), for plaintiffs-appellants The Scarsdale Creche Committee, et al.

Vincent K. Gilmore, Michael J. Murphy, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants Kathleen McCreary, et al.

Before MANSFIELD, PIERCE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Granted October 15, 1984. See 105 S.Ct. 291.

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles E. Stewart, Jr., Judge, entered on December 15, 1983, holding that it was "proper" for defendant-appellee Village of Scarsdale ("Village" or "Scarsdale") to deny plaintiffs-appellants' applications to display a creche in a public park during the Christmas holiday...

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