AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION v. PRISON FELLOW. MINISTRIES

No. 06-2741.

509 F.3d 406 (2007)

AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, et al., Appellees, v. PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES, INC., et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Luchenitser, argued, Ayesha N. Khan, Richard B. Katskee, Heather L. Weaver, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC; Dean A. Stowers, Rosenberg Stowers & Morse, Des Moines, IA, for appellees Americans United for Separation of Church and State, et al.

Gordon E. Allen, argued, H. Loraine Wallace, Iowa Dept. of Justice, Des Moines, IA, for appellants Terry Mapes, et al.

Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., argued, Kevin J. Hasson, Eric C. Rassbach, Derek L. Gaubatz, Lori E. Halstead, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC; Anthony F. Troy, Ashley L. Taylor, Robert A. Angle, Megan C. Rahman, Michael E. Lacy, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA, for appellants Prison Fellowship Ministries, et al.

Before O'CONNOR, Associate Justice (Ret.), WOLLMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


BENTON, Circuit Judge.

Prison Fellowship Ministries, Inc., InnerChange Freedom Initiatives, Inc., and employees of the Iowa Department of Corrections in their official capacities (DOC), appeal the declaratory judgment and equitable relief entered in favor of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, individual inmates, contributors to the inmates' telephone accounts, and an Iowa taxpayer. Ams. United for Separation of Church and State v. Prison Fellowship...

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