FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Gladys Escalera, Nicholas Nesron, William P. Rasmussen, Donald J. Robison, Veronica A. Lester, Alfred McKenzie, Alfred Brown, Dennis Paige, Peabody Dennis, Stefan Pary and Margaret Shafer, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants,
v.
The CITY OF NEW YORK, Bernard Kerik and Rudolph Giuliani, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
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Argued: May 29, 2002.
Decided: June 12, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Carter G. Phillips, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood L.L.P., Washington, DC (James D. Johnson, Gene C. Schaerr, Edward McNicholas, James C. Stansel, Patrick F. Linehan on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Jonathan R. Nelson, New York, NY, on the brief for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Katherine Pringle, Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, New York, NY, on the brief for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.
Mordecai Newman, for Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, N.Y. (Leonard Koerner, Larry A. Sonnenshein, Rachel Goldman on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
Timothy K. Armstrong and Candace N. Beck, Howrey Simon Arnold & White L.L.P., Washington, DC (Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, of counsel), on the brief for amicus curiae The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
Arnold S. Cohen, Warren B. Scharf and Jonathan L. Hafetz, New York, NY, on the brief for amicus curiae The Partnership for the Homeless.
Kathryn Tabner, Shearman & Sterling, New York, N.Y. (Douglas H. Lasdon, Urban Justice Center, of counsel), on the brief for amicus curiae Urban Justice Center.
Eric W. Treene, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC (Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Roman P. Storzer, Derek Gaubatz, of counsel), on the brief for amici curiae The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs; The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; The Christian Legal Society; Clifton Kirkpatrick As Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA); The Council of Churches of the City of New York; The General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists; The Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing; The Queens Federation of Churches; and Rutgers Presbyterian Church.
Before STRAUB, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
STRAUB, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants the City of New York, Bernard Kerik and Rudolph Giuliani (collectively "the City") appeal from an opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lawrence M. McKenna, Judge) entering a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church ("Presbyterian" or "the Church") and ten homeless persons. Finding that Presbyterian had demonstrated...
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