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LINCOLN v. PAGE

No. 5731.

109 N.H. 30 (1968)

ALEXANDER LINCOLN, JR. v. HARRY E. PAGE, Moderator & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided April 30, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleveland, Waters & Bass (Mr. Warren E. Waters orally), for the plaintiff.

John H. Ramsey and Upton, Sanders & Upton (Mr. Richard F. Upton orally), for the defendants Page and town of Meredith.

KENISON, C. J.

The plaintiff, a resident, taxpayer and voter of the town of Meredith, petitioned for an injunction to restrain the town and its moderator from the practice of inviting various local clergymen to open the annual and special meetings of the town with an invocation. The plaintiff asserts that this practice constitutes an establishment of religion in violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

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