FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION v. HANOVER SCHOOL

Civil No. 07-cv-356-SM.

665 F.Supp.2d 58 (2009)

2009 DNH 142

The FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION; Jan Doe and Pat Doe, Parents; DoeChild-1, DoeChild-2, and DoeChild-3, Minor Children, Plaintiffs, v. The HANOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT and The Dresden School District, Defendants. The United States of America, Intervenor. The State of New Hampshire, Intervenor. Anna Chobanian, John Chobanian, Kathryn Chobanian, Schuyler Cyrus, Elijah Cyrus, Rhys Cyrus, Austin Cyrus, Daniel Phan, Muriel Cyrus, Michael Chobanian, Margarethe Chobanian, Minh Phan, Suzu Phan, and the Knights of Columbus, Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. New Hampshire.

September 30, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Newdow, Sacramento, CA, Rosanna T. Fox, O'Brien Law Firm, P.C., Manchester, NH, for Plaintiffs.

David H. Bradley, Stebbins Bradley Harvey Miller & Brooks Pa, Hanover, NH, for Defendants.

Gretchen Leah Witt, Nancy J. Smith, Office of Attorney General, Concord, NH, Eric B. Beckenhauer U.S. Dept of Justice, Eric C. Rassbach, Kevin J. Hasson, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Theodore C. Hirt Washington, DC, Bradford T. Atwood, Clauson Atwood & Spaneas, Hanover, NH, for Intervenors.


ORDER

STEVEN J. McAULIFFE, Chief Judge.

The parties remaining as defendants in this case are the Hanover School District and the Dresden School District. All other individuals and institutions named in the caption of this order are intervenors and, as such, have the right to be heard on only two issues: the constitutionality of 4 U.S.C. § 4 (sometimes referred to below as "the federal Pledge statute"), and the constitutionality of N.H.REV.STAT...

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