AMERICAN ATHEISTS v. CITY OF DETROIT DOWNTOWN DEV.

No. 06-11696.

503 F.Supp.2d 845 (2007)

AMERICAN ATHEISTS, INC., Steve Walker, the Law Offices of Dennis G. Vatsis, P.C., and Dennis G. Vatsis, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF DETROIT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, Defendant, and St. John's Episcopal Church, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

August 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan S. Rubin, Draper & Rubin, Southfield, MI, David R. Draper, Draper & Rubin, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, Robert J. Bruno, Robert J. Bruno Assoc., Burnsville, MN, for Plaintiffs.

Frederick A. Berg, Kevin C. Clark, Jeffrey M. Sangster, Kotz, Sangster, Detroit, MI, Kevin H. Theriot, Dale Schowengerdt, Alliance Defense Fund, Leawood, KS, for Defendant and Intervening Defendant.

Kathryn Wyer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for United States.


OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART: (1) PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (2) DEFENDANT'S COUNTER-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; AND (3) INTERVENING DEFENDANT'S COUNTER-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

COHN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a First Amendment case. American Atheists, Inc., Steve Walker, the Law Offices of Dennis G. Vatsis, P.C., and Dennis G. Vatsis (collectively, the plaintiffs) claim...

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