ALLEN v. MORTON

Civ. A. No. 1951-69.

333 F.Supp. 1088 (1971)

Reverend Thomas B. ALLEN et al., Plaintiffs, v. Rogers C. B. MORTON et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren K. Kaplan, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Gil Zimmerman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. PRATT, District Judge.

This suit, brought in 1969 by an Episcopal minister, an atheist, the president of the American Ethical Union, a rabbi, and a Roman Catholic priest, sought to enjoin construction and maintenance of the creche in the Christmas Pageant of Peace celebration as a violation of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution. The Christmas Pageant of...

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