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SHAARE TEFILA CONGREGATION v. COBB

No. 85-2156.

481 U.S. 615 (1987)

SHAARE TEFILA CONGREGATION ET AL. v. COBB ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Brannan argued the cause for petitioners. With her on the briefs were David S. Tatel, Joseph M. Hassett, Steven P. Hollman, Irvin N. Shapell, and Kevin J. Lipson.

Deborah T. Garren argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for respondent Remer. With her on the brief was Robert B. Barnhouse.*

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

On November 2, 1982, the outside walls of the synagogue of the Shaare Tefila Congregation in Silver Spring, Maryland, were sprayed with red and black paint and with large anti-Semitic slogans, phrases, and symbols. A few months later, the Congregation and some individual members brought this suit in the Federal District Court, alleging that defendants' desecration of the synagogue...

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