COMMITTEE FOR VOLUN. PRAYER v. WIMBERLY

No. 96-CV-703.

704 A.2d 1199 (1997)

COMMITTEE FOR VOLUNTARY PRAYER, Appellant, v. John W. WIMBERLY, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. New, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Judith E. Schaeffer, with whom Arthur B. Spitzer, and Elliot M. Mincberg, were on the brief, Washington, DC, for appellees.

Harvey L. Reiter, Steve K. Green, and Jonathan D. Schneider, Washington, DC, filed an amici curiae brief on behalf of American Jewish Congress and Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Before STEADMAN, and REID, Associate Judges, and NEWMAN, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

Appellant, the Committee for Voluntary Prayer,1 appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting appellees, including Rev. John W. Wimberly, Jr.,2 summary judgment and enjoining the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics from accepting as "a proper subject of initiative" the District of Columbia Public School Voluntary Prayer Initiative ("the proposed prayer initiative...

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