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SHERMAN v. ILLINOIS

No. 11-1566.

682 F.3d 643 (2012)

Robert I. SHERMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 4, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dmitry N. Feofanov (argued), Attorney, Chicagolemonlaw.Com, P.C., Lyndon, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Christopher M.R. Turner (argued), Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Kevin W. Doherty (argued), Attorney, Doherty & Progar, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Alexander J. Luchenitser , Attorney, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In 2008, the Illinois General Assembly passed a $5 million appropriation for a grant program to be administered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (the Department). Robert Sherman, an atheist, discovered that among the grants the Department chose to issue was a $20,000 transfer to Friends of the Cross (Friends) for the restoration of an enormous Latin cross known as the Bald...

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