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VAN ZANDT v. THOMPSON

No. 86 C 0894.

649 F.Supp. 583 (1986)

Stephen C. VAN ZANDT and Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin Not-For-Profit Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. James R. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Illinois, Michael Madigan, Speaker of Illinois House of Representatives, Lee Daniels, Minority Leader, Illinois House of Representatives, Mal Hildebrand, Bruce Farley, John Davidson and Roger Keats, Senators of the Illinois Senate, All Individually and In Their Official Capacity In Their Respective Offices, Jim Edgar, In His Official Capacity as Custodian of the Illinois State Capitol Building, James H. Donnewald, In His Official Capacity as Treasurer of the State of Illinois and Roland W. Burris, In His Official Capacity as Comptroller of the State of Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Rothschild, Elmer Gertz, Oak Park, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

In May 1985, Michael Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, introduced in the Illinois House enabling legislation designated as House Resolution No. 408 ("HR 408") which authorized and made plans for the conversion of a hearing room in the Illinois State Capitol Building ("the Capitol") into a prayer room. Shortly thereafter, HR 408 was adopted by the full House and referred to the Legislative...

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