BATS v. COBB COUNTY, GA

Civil Action No. 1:05-CV-2075-RWS.

495 F.Supp.2d 1311 (2007)

BATS a/k/a Gary Pelphrey, Edward Buckner, Roberto Moraes, Wesley Crowe, Jeffrey Selman, Marie Shockley, and Roberta "Bobbi" Goldberg, Plaintiffs, v. COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA; Sam Olens, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Cobb County Commission and in his individual capacity; Phillip T. "Murray" Homan, in his official capacity as Chairman of the Cobb County Planning Commission and in his individual capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

July 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Fletcher Garrett, Gerald R. Weber, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs.

Mark Alan Adelman, Office of Cobb County Attorney, Law Department, Marietta, GA, Larry Hugh Chesin, David F. Walbert, Parks, Chesin & Walbert, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant.


ORDER

STORY, District Judge.

By Order dated September 8, 2006, this Court granted summary judgment in part to Plaintiffs, concluding that the Cobb County Planning Commission's procedure in 2003 and 2004 for inviting guests to deliver invocation prayers at its public meetings violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. See Pelphrey v. Cobb County, 448 F.Supp.2d 1357, 1374 (N.D.Ga.2006)...

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