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MILWAUKEE COUNTY v. CARTER

258 Wis. 139 (1950)

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, Respondent, vs. CARTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

December 5, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Padway, Goldberg & Previant of Milwaukee, and Hayden C. Covington of Brooklyn, New York, and oral argument by Mr. Covington and by Mr. Saul Cooper of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by William J. McCauley, district attorney, Oliver L. O'Boyle, corporation counsel, and Robert P. Russell, assistant corporation counsel, and oral argument by Mr. Russell.

FRITZ, C. J.

Sec. 47.02 (6) of the ordinances of Milwaukee county provides:

"No service or demonstration by any organization, creed, or sect, excepting only nondenominational or interdenominational Easter sunrise services, shall be allowed within the limits of any park or parkway of Milwaukee county. This shall not be construed to forbid the offering of an invocation, prayer, or hymn in connection with church picnics or other similar gatherings."

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