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TONG v. CHICAGO PARK DIST.

No. 03 C 5075.

316 F.Supp.2d 645 (2004)

Robert TONG and Mildred Tong, Plaintiffs, v. THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, an Illinois unit of local government, Defendant.

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

April 29, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Vincent Karaganis, Karaganis, White & Magel Ltd., Chicago, IL, Roman P. Storzer, Anthony Richard Picarello, Derek L. Gaubatz, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Emilie L. Kao, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for Robert Tong, Mildred Tong, plaintiffs.

Steven A. Weiss, Arthur J. Howe, Valerie B. Wright, Schopf & Weiss, Maria Guadalupe Calderon, Chicago Park District, Law Department, Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago, the, an Illinois municipal corporation, Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, the, Chicago Park District, an Illinois unit of local government, Richard M. Daley, Mayor of City of Chicago, Maria N. Saldana, President, Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, David J. Doig, General Superintendent, Chicago Park District, defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

This case presents important issues of First Amendment law and highlights the friction that the Free Speech and Establishment Clauses generate when they come into close contact. In 2002, the defendant Chicago Park District ("CPD") approved and oversaw a park fundraiser in which community members were invited to purchase a brick that would be engraved with an inscription chosen by the donor and...

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