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WILLIAMSON v. BREVARD COUNTY

No. 17-15769.

928 F.3d 1296 (2019)

David WILLIAMSON, Chase Hansel, Keith Becher, Ronald Gordon, Jeffery Koeberl, Central Florida Freethought Community, Space Coast Freethought Association, Humanist Community of the Space Coast, Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees, v. BREVARD COUNTY, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 8, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Joseph Luchenitser , Richard Brian Katskee , Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Daniel Mach , ACLU, WASHINGTON, DC, Nancy Gbana Abudu , Daniel Boaz Tilley , ACLU Foundation of Florida, Inc., MIAMI, FL, Rebecca S. Markert , Andrew L. Seidel , Freedom from Religion Foundation, MADISON, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael J. Roper , Frank Mari , Bell & Roper, PA, ORLANDO, FL, Christine M. Schverak , Brevard County Attorney's Office, VIERA, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Monica Lynn Miller , American Humanist Association, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, UNITARIAN UNIVERSAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION.

Gregory E. Ostfeld , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, CHICAGO, IL, for Amicus Curiae ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, CENTER FOR INQUIRY, CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS.

Before MARCUS, GRANT and HULL, Circuit Judges.

Like many local governments, the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners opens its meetings with a religious invocation. These opening prayers are the subject of this litigation. A group of Secular Humanists and atheists challenge them as violating the Establishment Clause, arguing that the County has wrongfully barred...

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