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GONZALES v. NORTH TP. OF LAKE COUNTY, IND.

No. 92-3217.

4 F.3d 1412 (1993)

Rosemary GONZALES, Harry Levin, Louis Appleman, Melvin Schlesinger, and Richard Van Orman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NORTH TOWNSHIP OF LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, an Indiana Municipal Entity, and Horace Mamala, Individually and in his Capacity as Trustee of North Township, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory R. Lyman, Singleton, Crist, Patterson, Austgen & Lyman, Munster, IN, Ivan E. Bodensteiner (argued), Valparaiso, IN, and Richard A. Waples, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Anthony DeBonis, Jr. (argued), Smith & Debonis, East Chicago, IN, for defendants-appellees.

Robert B. Millner, Amy R. Small, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal; Sylvia Neil; and Judson H. Miner and Ellen Mayer, American Jewish Congress, Chicago, IL, for amicus curiae.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, ROVNER, Circuit Judge, and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Rosemary Gonzales, Louis Appleman, Harry Levin, Melvin Schlesinger, and Richard Van Orman sued North Township, a municipal entity in Lake County, Indiana, and Horace Mamala, the Township trustee. The plaintiffs allege that the Township violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because it displays a crucifix in a public park. The parties filed cross motions for summary judgment. The district court dismissed all the plaintiffs but...

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