1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 637 F.2d
  5. 637 F.2d 924 (1980)
 

GILFILLAN v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 79-2786.

637 F.2d 924 (1980)

GILFILLAN, Susan Jane B., Rev. Forehand, Mary Anne and Rev. Weider, Walter, Rev. Kopke, Bryan, Smith, Bertha R., Herrman, Herbert S., Bye, Gerard H., Montanaro, Antoinette, Calter, Elizabeth M., Miln, Martha Walker, Fox, Paul H., Schulte, Janice, Intervenors in District Court, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Mayor Rizzo, Frank L., Managing Director Levinson, Hillel S., City Representative La Sala, Joseph A., Commissioner of Public Property Silver, Robert, City of Philadelphia, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Davis, City Sol., T. Michael Mather (argued), Chairman, Litigation Dept., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant City of Philadelphia.

Henry W. Sawyer, III (argued), Edward M. Posner, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees Susan Jane B. Gilfillan and American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Philadelphia Branch.

Earl W. Trent, Jr., Valley Forge, Pa., for appellees Rev. Mary Anne Forehand and National Ministries, American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A.

John T. Acton, Willow Grove, Pa., Lee Boothby (argued), Berrien Springs, Mich., for intervenors.

Before ALDISERT, ROSENN and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

On October 3, 1979, more than a million people came together at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to hear Pope John Paul II offer Mass and deliver a sermon at the City's Logan Circle. The liturgical service, the largest event during the Pope's two-day visit to Philadelphia, generated an unprecedented outpouring of warmth and good will felt throughout the City for months following. No one disputes that the historic visit...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases