DEBOER v. VILLAGE OF OAK PARK

No. 98 C 2437.

53 F.Supp.2d 982 (1999)

Martin DEBOER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, an Illinois municipal corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

February 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Davids, Kevin J. Todd, Bruce J. Van Heukelem, Peter Paul Vander-Velde, Hoogendoorn, Talbot, Davids, Godfrey & Milligan, Chicago, IL, Steven T McFarland, Gregory S Baylor, Center for Law and Religious Freedom, Christian Legal Society, Annandale, VA, for Martin Deboer, Soo Ai Kudo, David Martin, Jeffrey Morris, Mary Newberg, James Reed, Gregory Saganich, plaintiffs.

John B. Murphey, Simone Marie Boutet, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, IL, for Village of Oak Park, Barbara Furlong, Sandra Sokol, Village Bd. of Trustees, Bernard Abraham, Gus Kostopulos, Rick Kuner, Fred Pospisil, Alan Raphael, Joanne Trapani, defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, Chief Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs — all residents of the Village of Oak Park who are active participants in the National Day of Prayer ("NDP") meetings there — challenge Oak Park's "Village Hall Use Policy," claiming it violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. Before us now are the parties' cross-motions for summary judgment. For the reasons set forth below, we grant in part and...

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