Joshua H. BERGER and Moriah H. Berger, b/n/f Allen H. Berger, Plaintiff-Appellants,
v.
RENSSELAER CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 21, 1992.
Decided January 5, 1993.
Order Amending Opinion and Denying Rehearing February 17, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Franklin A. Morse, II (argued), Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend, IN, Richard A. Waples, Indianapolis, IN, for plaintiffs-appellants.
Robert K. Skolrood, Nat. Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, John R. Price (argued) Indianapolis, IN, Jay A. Sekulow (argued) American Center for Law and Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for defendant-appellee.
Joel H. Greenburg, Chicago, IL, Samuel Rabinove, American Jewish Committee, New York City, for amici curiae American Jewish Committee, Nat. Council of Churches of Christ in U.S., Unitarian Universalist Ass'n, American Jewish Congress and Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
Richard E. Shevitz, Hopper, Wenzel & Galliher, Sheila Suess Kennedy, Rubin & Levin, Indianapolis, IN, Steven M. Freeman, Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith, New York City, for amicus curiae Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith.
Richard E. Shevitz, Hopper, Wenzel & Galliher, Sheila Suess Kennedy, Rubin & Levin, Indianapolis, IN, for amicus curiae Indiana Interreligious Com'n on Human Equality.
Richard J. Darko, Lowe, Gray, Steele & Hoffman, Indianapolis, IN, for amicus curiae Indiana State Teachers Ass'n.
Peggy M. Hodges, American Family Ass'n, Tupelo, MS, for amicus curiae American Family Ass'n, Inc.
Robert K. Skolrood, Brian M. McCormick, Nat. Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for amicus curiae Nat. Legal Foundation.
Keith A. Fournier, American Center for Law and Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for amicus curiae American Center for Law and Justice.
Before CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, PELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
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