GIBSON v. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 97-529-CIV-FTM-17D.

1 F.Supp.2d 1426 (1998)

Robert P. GIBSON, etc., et al., Plaintiff, v. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Fort Myers Division.

January 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Bolton Litten, Steel, Hector & Davis, West Palm Beach, FL, Thomas R. Julin, Edward M. Mullins, Steel Hector & Davis LLP, Miami, FL, Andrew H. Kayton, American Civil Liberties Union, Foundation of Florida, Inc., Miami, FL, Elliot M. Mincberg, Judith E. Schaeffer, People For The American Way, Washington, DC, for Robert P. Gibson, Mark A. Ehman, James Boler, Sandra Boler, Kenneth Weiner, Kurt Meyering and Jill Dillon.

George E. Tragos, Law Office of George E. Tragos, Clearwater, FL, Richard Burton Bush, Kenneth L. Baker, Bush & Derr, P.A., Orlando, FL, Keith B. Martin, Lee County School District, Ft. Myers, FL, Richard Albritton, Law Office of Richard Albritton, Panama City, FL, Jay Alan Sekulow, American Center for Law and Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, Stuart J. Roth, Mark Gott, American Center for Law and Justice, Mobile, AL, David A. Cortman, American Center for Law & Justice, Lawrenceville, GA, for Lee County School Board, Douglas Santini, Lanny Moore, Sr., Bill Gross, Bruce Harter and Douglas K. Whittaker.

D. Stephen Melchior, Law Office of D. Stephen Melchior, Cheyenne, WY, for National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.


ORDER

KOVACHEVICH, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the Court on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt.4), Request for Oral Argument (Dkt.5), Memorandum (Dkt.6), Supporting Documents (Dkts.7, 18), and Defendants' response (Dkts.19, 20).

I. Standard of Review

"The grant or denial of a motion for preliminary injunction is a decision within the discretion of the trial court.... That discretion is guided by the four requirements...

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