AMERICAN HUMANIST ASS'N, INC. v. CITY OF OCALA

Case No. 5:14-cv-651-Oc-32PRL.

127 F.Supp.3d 1265 (2015)

The AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION, INC., Art Rojas, Frances Jean Porgal, Lucinda Hale, and Daniel Hale, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF OCALA, Florida, Kent Guinn, individually and in his official capacity as mayor of the City of Ocala, Ocala Police Department, and Greg Graham, individually and in his official capacity as chief of police of the Ocala Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Ocala Division.

Signed August 31, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Niose , Law Offices of David Niose, Fitchburg, MA, Heather Morcroft , Morcroft Law Firm, Winter Park, FL, Monica Lynn Miller , American Humanist Association, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Abigail A. Southerland , Carly F. Gammill , David A. French , American Center for Law & Justice, Franklin, TN, Francis J. Manion , American Center for Law & Justice, New Hope, KY, George Franjola , Patrick G. Gilligan , Gilligan, Gooding & Franjola, PA, Ocala, FL, Olivia F. Summers , American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for Defendants.


ORDER

Finding the right balance when legitimate First Amendment interests of American citizens conflict is often difficult. This is especially true when religion is involved. All of the participants in this case — the Mayor, the Police Chief, the citizens of Ocala, atheists and believers...

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