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AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 86-3021.

827 F.2d 120 (1987)

AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1987.

As Amended August 28, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia M. Neil, American Jewish Congress, Harold C. Hirshman, Sonnenschein Carlin Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ruth M. Moscovitch, Chief Asst., Corp. Counsel, Chicago, for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, FLAUM, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Every winter holiday season for the past thirty years, a creche has been displayed in the lobby of the Chicago City-County Building. In November, 1985, the American Jewish Congress filed this suit against the City of Chicago and others (collectively referred to as "the city"), contending that the display of the creche violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The district court held that the case was controlled by Lynch v....

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