TRINITY UNITED METHODIST PARISH v. BD. OF EDUC.

No. 94 CV 6890(BDP).

907 F.Supp. 707 (1995)

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST PARISH, Carolyn Rasmussen and Lee D. Gangaware, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF NEWBURGH, James Gingrich, Manuel Allende, Alfred Blanco, Joseph Fogarty, M. William Lahey, Ronston Lewis, Elaine Magwood, Robert Roth, Richard Sanders, Paul Flippin, Stephen Giordano, and Sheilah Rubin, in their official capacities as members of the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Newburgh, and Phillip A. Leahy, in his official capacity as Superintendent of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Infranco, American Center for Law and Justice Commack, NY, for plaintiffs.

Garrett Silveria, Shaw & Silveria, Highland, NY, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM DECISION and ORDER

PARKER, District Judge.

Once again this Court is called on to explore the tension between religious practice and public space. Plaintiffs Trinity United Methodist Parish, Carolyn Rasmussen and Lee D. Gangaware (collectively "the Church") bring this action for monetary, declaratory and injunctive relief against the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Newburgh...

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