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O'HAIR v. MURRAY

No. 78-2101 Summary Calendar.

588 F.2d 1144 (1979)

Madalyn Murray O'HAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jon MURRAY et al., Plaintiffs, v. W. Michael BLUMENTHAL, Secretary of the Treasury, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madalyn Murray O'Hair, pro se.

Jon Garth Murray, pro se.

Paul D. Funderburk, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Ronald R. Glancz, Mauricio A. Flores, Attys., Jamie C. Boyd, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Patton G. Lochridge, Austin, Tex., David J. Anderson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Hill, Atty. Gen., State of Texas, Austin, Tex., for intervenor.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs question the constitutionality of 36 U.S.C. § 186 making "In God We Trust" a national motto; of 31 U.S.C. §§ 324 and 324(a) requiring the imprinting of the motto on the coin and currency of the United States; and of 18 U.S.C. §§ 331 and 333, which provide criminal penalties for removal of the national motto from United States coin and currency.

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