DOE v. VILLAGE OF CRESTWOOD, ILL.

No. 90-2735.

917 F.2d 1476 (1990)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF CRESTWOOD, ILLINOIS, and Chester Stranczek, Mayor of the Village of Crestwood, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1990.

Opinion October 26, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Grossman, Alan K. Chen, Jane M. Whicher, Roger Baldwin Foundation, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas K. McQueen, Barry Levenstam, Daniel Lynch, Stuart N. Rappaport, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied January 7, 1991.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

"A Touch of Italy" in the Village of Crestwood, Illinois, is a municipal festival in its second year. The Village has sponsored a Polish festival for six years. Sometime during each festival, a mass has been celebrated — in Polish during the Polish festival, in Italian during "A Touch of Italy". John Doe, a pseudonymous resident of Crestwood offended by the religious...

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