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PROTESTANTS & OTHER AMER. UNIT. FOR SEP. OF CH. & ST. v. O'BRIEN

Civ. A. 1568-67.

272 F.Supp. 712 (1967)

PROTESTANTS AND OTHER AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, C. Stanley Lowell, and Glenn L. Archer, Plaintiffs, v. Lawrence F. O'BRIEN, Postmaster General of the United States, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

September 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel H. Thompson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Leslie A. Nicholson, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is an action to enjoin the Postmaster General of the United States from issuing a commemorative Christmas postage stamp on the ground that the stamp portrays a painting of the Madonna and, therefore, has a religious significance. There are three plaintiffs: one is a corporation named "Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State"; and the other two are private individuals. The plaintiffs...

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