TANFORD v. BRAND

No. IP 95-492 C B/S.

932 F.Supp. 1139 (1996)

James Alexander TANFORD, Kimberly J. MacDonald, and David Suess, Plaintiffs, v. Dr. Myles BRAND, in his official capacities as President of Indiana University, and Dr. Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis, in his individual and official capacities as Vice President and Chancellor of Indiana University at Bloomington, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Indianapolis Division.

July 15, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Bock III, Kroger Gardis & Regas, Indianapolis, IN, John R. Price, Attorney at Law, Indianapolis, IN, Richard A. Waples, Attorney at Law, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs.

Robert P. Johnstone, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants.


ENTRY

BARKER, Chief Judge.

Two graduations ago, plaintiffs filed the instant suit seeking to enjoin Indiana University ("IU") from using an invocation and benediction as part of its official university-wide commencement ceremony. On May 4, 1995, just days before the 1995 ceremony was scheduled to begin, we denied plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on the merits of their suit. Today, we reexamine...

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