DeBOER v. VILLAGE OF OAK PARK

Nos. 99-4153, 99-4226.

267 F.3d 558 (2001)

Martin DeBOER, Soo Ai Kudo, David Martin, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, an Illinois municipal corporation, Barbara Furlong, in her official capacity as President of the Village of Oak Park, Sandra Sokol, in her official capacity as Village Clerk of the Village of Oak Park, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Davids, Hoogendoorn & Talbot, Chicago, IL, Gregory S. Baylor, Christian Legal Society, Center for Law and Religious Freedom, Annadale, VA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

John B. Murphey, Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Janega, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Jordan W. Lorence, Northstar Legal Center, Fairfax, VA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, organizers of National Day of Prayer activities in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois, brought this action against the Village and a number of its officials (collectively "the Village"). The plaintiffs claimed that certain aspects of the Village's policy governing the use of its Village Hall ("the Use Policy") violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. The district court...

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