EQUALITY FOUNDATION v. CITY OF CINCINNATI

Nos. 94-3855, 94-3973 and 94-4280.

128 F.3d 289 (1997)

EQUALITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER CINCINNATI, INC.; Richard Buchanan; Chad Bush; Edwin Greene; Rita Mathis; Roger Asterino; H.O.M.E., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CINCINNATI (94-3973/4280), Defendant-Appellant, Equal Rights, Not Special Rights; Mark Miller; Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr.; Albert Moore (94-3855), Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alphonse A. Gerhardstein (argued and briefed), Laufman, Rauh & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, Patricia M. Logue (briefed), Chicago, IL, Suzanne B. Goldberg (briefed), LAMBDA Legal Defense & Education Fund, New York City, Scott T. Greenwood (briefed), Greenwood & Associates, Cincinnati, OH, for Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. in Nos. 94-3855 and 94-3973.

Alphonse A. Gerhardstein (argued and briefed), Laufman, Rauh & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, Patricia M. Logue (briefed), Chicago, IL, Scott T. Greenwood (briefed), Greenwood & Associates, Cincinnati, OH, for Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. in No. 94-4280.

Alphonse A. Gerhardstein (argued and briefed), Laufman, Rauh & Gerhardstein, Cincinnati, OH, Patricia M. Logue (briefed), Chicago, IL, Scott T. Greenwood (briefed), Greenwood & Associates, Cincinnati, OH, for Richard Buchanan, Chad Bush, Edwin Greene, Rita Mathis, Roger Asterino and H.O.M.E., Inc.

Karl P. Kadon, III (argued and briefed), City Solicitor's Office for the City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, for City of Cincinnati in No. 94-3855.

Karl P. Kadon, III (argued and briefed), Mark S. Yurick, City Solicitor's Office for the City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, for City of Cincinnati in Nos. 94-3973 and 94-4280.

William L. McGrath (briefed), Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, DC, John J. Fossett, Fossett, Howe, Wessels & Ogle, Ft. Wright, KY, Robert K. Skolrood (briefed), National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, Robert H. Bork (briefed), American Enterprise Institute for Public Research, Michael A. Carvin (argued and briefed), Cooper & Carvin, Washington, DC, for Equal Rights, Not Special Rights.

John J. Fossett, Fossett, Howe, Wessels & Ogle, Ft. Wright, KY, Robert H. Bork (briefed), American Enterprise Institute for Public Research, Michael A. Carvin (argued and briefed), Cooper & Carvin, Washington, DC, for Mark Miller, Thomas E. Brinkman, Jr. and Albert Moore.

Thomas W. Condit, Condit & Dressing, Cincinnati, OH, for The American Family Association of Ohio.

Robert E. Manley, Manley, Burke, Lipton & Cook, Cincinnati, OH, for Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, et al.

Alice L. Brown, Alan Jenkins, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, New York City, for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.

Eric J. Graninger, Louisville, KY, for James E. Andrews.

Paul M. Smith, Jenner & Block, Washington, DC, for The American Psychological Association, et al.

Marianne Neal, Asst. Atty. General, Office of the Attorney General of Ohio, Columbus, OH, Richard A. Cordray (briefed), Grove City, OH, for Ohio Attorney General.

Melissa Wells-Petry (briefed), Law Offices of Melissa Wells-Petry, Washington, DC, for Family Research Council.

Before: KENNEDY, KRUPANSKY, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

This court previously disposed of this cause in Equality Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. v. City of Cincinnati ("Equality Foundation I"), 54 F.3d 261 (6th Cir.1995), vacated, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 2519, 135 L.Ed.2d 1044 (1996). It has been remanded for reconsideration by the United States Supreme Court consequent to its decision in Romer v. Evans, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 1620...

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