Sue MERCIER, Elizabeth J. Ash, Angela Belcaster, Janet Bohn, Julie Chamberlain, Maureen Freedland, David Goode, Betty Hammond, Curt Leitz, Constance R. Long, David W. Long, Myrna D. Peacock, Becky Post, James L. Reynolds, Ellen Dodge Severson, Eric Severson, Leslie Slauenwhit, Herman S. Wiersgalla, Howard Wiersgalla, James E. Wiffler, Robert Wingate, Henyry Zumach and Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
CITY OF LA CROSSE, Defendant, and
Fraternal Order of the Eagles, La Crosse Aerie 1254 Intervening Defendant.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 3, 2004.
February 3, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James A. Friedman, La Follette, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, WI, for Bohn, Janet Chamberlain, Julie Ash, Elizabeth J. Freedland, Maureen Belcaster, Angela Freedom from Religion, Inc. Goode, David Hammond, Betty Leitz, Curt Long, Constance R. Long, David W. Mercier, Sue Peacock, Myrna D. Post, Becky Reynolds, James L. Severson, Ellen Dodge Severson, Eric Slauenwhit, Leslie Wiersgalla, Herman S. Wiersgalla, Howard Wiffler, James E. Wingate, Robert Zumach, Henry, Counsel for Plaintiffs.
Patrick J. Houlihan, La Crosse City Attorney, La Crosse, WI, for City of La Crosse.
Michael Dean, Michael D. Dean, LLC, Waukesha, WI, Francis J. Manion, American Center for Law & Justice, New Hope, KY, for Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Crosse Aerie 1254, Counsel for Defendants.
United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
This case has a long and somewhat tortuous history. The dispute began in 1985 when Phyllis Grams, a resident of La Crosse, Wisconsin, complained to the La Crosse Common Council about a monument of the Ten Commandments that was displayed in Cameron Park, which is located in downtown La Crosse and owned by defendant City of La Crosse. The president of plaintiff Freedom...
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