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CHRISTIANSON v. LEAVITT

No. C06-5520 FDB.

482 F.Supp.2d 1237 (2007)

Barry CHRISTIANSON; the Rev. Alvin Fischer; the Rev. Mark Gallagher; Juanita Greenway; Helen Hewitt; Jordis I. Jensen; Jon Jordens; Paul King; Nancy McCarter; Ralph K. Olson; Beverly Schwartz; William Hugh Shuford; and Paul L. Whiting, Plaintiffs, v. Michael O. LEAVITT, Secretary of Health and Human Services, in his official capacity, and in his individual capacity; Institute for Youth Development; and Northwest Marriage Institute, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Tacoma.

March 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex Luchenitser, Ayesha N. Khan, Dena S. Sher, Richard B. Katskee, Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Washington, DC, John R. Danos, Maurice A. Leiter, Michael L. Lavetter, Arnold & Porter, Los Angeles, CA, John Wentworth Phillips, Phillips Law Firm, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs.

Brian C. Kipnis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Kristen K. Waggoner, Ellis, Li & McKinstry, Seattle, WA, W. Scott Simpson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Gregory S. Baylor, M. Casey Mattox, Steven H. Aden, Timothy J. Tracey, Springfield, VA, W. Theodore Vander Wel, Vander Wel & Jacobson, Bellevue, WA, Heather Gebelin Hacker, Timothy D. Chandler, Alliance Defense Fund, Folsom, CA, Joel L. Oster, Alliance Defense Fund, Leawood, KS, for Defendants.

ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND DISMISSING ACTION

BURGESS, District Judge.

This lawsuit, filed on behalf of thirteen Washington taxpayers, alleges that federal grants made to the Northwest Marriage Institute have been used to finance religious activities in violation of the Constitution's Establishment Clause. Before the Court are Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction and the motions to dismiss of Defendants Northwest Marriage Institute...

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