AMERICANS UNITED v. PRISON FELLOWSHIP

Nos. 4:03-cv-90074, 4:02-cv-90447, 4:03-cv-90101.

555 F.Supp.2d 988 (2008)

In the matter of AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, Central Division.

May 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Katskee, Ayesha N. Khan, Alex J. Luchenitser, Heather Lynn Weaver, Americans United, Washington, DC, Dean A. Stowers, Rosenberg, Stowers & Morse, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiffs.

Gordon E. Allen, Johnston, IA, Michael Edward Lacy, Robert A. Angle, Megan Conway Rahman, George A. Somerville, Ashley L. Taylor, Jr., Anthony F. Troy, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA, H. Loraine Wallace, Department of Justice, Des Moines, IA, Brent R. Appel, Wandro, Baer, Appel & Casper, PC, Des Moines, IA, Kevin C. Newsom, Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants.


ORDER

ROBERT W. PRATT, Chief Judge.

In late 2005, this Court conducted a bench trial on the question of whether the contractual relationship between the State of Iowa Department of Corrections ("Dept. of Corrections") and InnerChange Freedom Initiative ("InnerChange") and Prison Fellowship Ministries ("Prison Fellowhip") impermissibly advances religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and in...

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