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BOGEN v. DOTY

No. Civ. 5-77-96.

456 F.Supp. 983 (1978)

Iver BOGEN, Patsy Reed High, Rudolf Johnson, and Danna R. Friedman, Plaintiffs, v. Gary DOTY, Deidre Dodge, William V. Kron, A. Lloyd Shannon, Edwin H. Hoff, Ronald R. Dicklich, Alvin S. Hall, comprising the County Board of the County of St. Louis, Minnesota, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

September 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton S. Friedman, Duluth, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Keith M. Brownell, St. Louis County Atty., Michael R. Dean, Asst. County Atty., Duluth, Minn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

DEVITT, Chief Judge.

The issue here is whether the practice of having a prayer by a local unpaid clergyman preceding St. Louis County Board meetings violates the First Amendment prohibition against the making of laws respecting the establishment of religion.

Plaintiffs, citizens and taxpayers of St. Louis County, claim it does and seek to enjoin the practice. Defendant county commissioners defend the practice as constitutionally...

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