COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC EDUC. v. SEC., DEPT. OF EDUC.

No. 88-CV-0096 (JG).

942 F.Supp. 842 (1996)

COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, Florence Flast, Helen Henkin, Hazel Smith, Denise Krouser and Christina Walker, Plaintiffs, v. SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, and Chancellor and Board of Education of the City of New York, Defendants, and Rachel Agostini, et al., Defendant-Intervenors, and Leah Saks, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

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

October 17, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Geller, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

W. Scott Simpson, U.S. Dep't Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for Defendant U.S. Dep't of Education.

Marion R. Buchinder, Assistant Attorney General, New York City, for Defendant State Commissioner of Education.

Marilyn Richter, Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City, for Defendant Chancellor and Board of Education.

Kevin T. Baine, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Intervenors, Rachel Agostini, et al.


GLEESON, District Judge:

The Committee for Public Education and Religious Liberty ("PERL"), together with several individual state and federal taxpayers, brings this case against the Secretary of the United States Department of Education, the Commissioner of Education for the State of New York, the Chancellor of New York City schools and the Board of Education of the City of New York (the "Board of Education" or the "Board"), alleging that public funds are being used...

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