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HINRICHS v. SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Nos. 05-4604, 05-4781.

506 F.3d 584 (2007)

Anthony HINRICHS, Henry Gerner, Lynette Herold, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SPEAKER OF the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF the INDIANA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 30, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Falk (argued), Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Steffen N. Johnson (argued), Winston & Strawn, Washington, DC, Thomas M. Fisher, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Mathew D. Staver, Anita L. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Maitland, FL, Eric W. Stanley, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, Lynchburg, VA, Amicus Curiae.

Gregory M. Jones, Foundation for Moral Law, Inc., Montgomery, AL, Amicus Curiae.

Michael D. Dean, Dean & McKoy, Waukesha, WI, Amicus Curiae.

Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.

James Bopp, Jr., Bopp, Coleson & Bostrom, Terre Haute, IN, Amicus Curiae.

Aaron Van Oort Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN, Amicus Curiae.

Lowell Sturgill (argued), Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Sec., Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.

Steven W. Fitschen, Nat. Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, Amicus Curiae.

Barbara J. Weller, Gibbs Law Firm, Seminole, FL, Amicus Curiae.

Jonathan K. Baum, Katten Muchin Rosenman, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Four Indiana taxpayers, Anthony Hinrichs, Henry Gerner, Lynette Herold and Francis White Quigley, brought this action against the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Indiana General Assembly, challenging the House's practice of opening each session with a prayer. The district court agreed with the plaintiffs that the practice of legislative prayer as implemented by the House violated the Establishment Clause and issued a permanent...

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