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VAN ZANDT v. THOMPSON

No. 87-1018.

839 F.2d 1215 (1988)

Stephen C. VAN ZANDT and Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., a Wisconsin not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James R. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William D. Frazier, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Donald S. Rothschild, Donald S. Rothschild & Assoc., Ltd., Oak Park, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought a lawsuit challenging the validity and seeking to prevent the implementation of House Resolution 408 ("H.R. 408"), passed in May 1985 by the Illinois House of Representatives. The Resolution authorized the establishment of a "prayer room" in the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield, Illinois, a place for "prayer and meditation, primarily for the use of the members of the General Assembly." The district court granted...

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