UNITARIAN CHURCH WEST v. McCONNELL

Civ. A. No. 72-C-22.

337 F.Supp. 1252 (1972)

UNITARIAN CHURCH WEST, a Wisconsin corporation, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Richard B. McCONNELL, District Attorney, Waukesha County, and his agents, employees, successors in office, assistants, and all others acting in concert or cooperation with him or at his direction or under his control, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

February 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Shellow, and Stephen M. Glynn, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

Willis J. Zick, Corp. Counsel of Waukesha Co., Waukesha, Wis., for defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiff church, parents, and children to enjoin the defendant district attorney from prosecuting them under state obscenity laws for teaching a sex education course as part of their Sunday school program. The plaintiffs also seek a declaration that under the First and Ninth Amendments to the United States Constitution they have a right to teach such a course. The dispute seems to primarily...

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