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AMERICAN CIVIL LIB. UNION v. CITY OF ST. CHARLES

No. 86-1007.

794 F.2d 265 (1986)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS, Kathryn Giuntoli, and Joan Markley, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF ST. CHARLES and Fred T.L. Norris, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Siegel, Siegel & Warnock, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Fay Clayton, Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

For many years, the government of St. Charles, a city outside of Chicago, has between Thanksgiving day and New Year's day festooned a six-acre area of trees and public buildings with colored lights to celebrate Christmas. The display includes Christmas trees, wreaths, snowflakes, reindeer, Santa Claus, and other common Christmas symbols, but it also includes (and has for 15 years) a cross. On top of the fire department (a three-story building...

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