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GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER OF A.C.L.U. v. ECKELS

Civ. A. No. H-82-0035.

589 F.Supp. 222 (1984)

GREATER HOUSTON CHAPTER OF the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, Robert Binford, Douglas Griffith and Lillian Ducharme v. Robert ECKELS, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Member of the Commissioners Court, Harris County, Texas.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

May 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Presser, American Civil Liberties Union, and Joellen Snow, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

T. Gerald Treece, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge.

I. The Procedural History of the Case and the Court's Ruling

The construction and maintenance of three Latin-style crosses and a Star of David in a public park by an elected public official resurrects topical and sensitive issues involving the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Claiming that the defendant's sponsorship and...

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