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AM. U. FOR SEP. OF CHURCH & ST. v. SCH. DIST., ETC.

Nos. 82-1600 to 82-1602.

718 F.2d 1389 (1983)

AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS (82-1600), Defendant-Appellant, Irma Garcia-Aguilar, et al., (82-1601), Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants, Phillip Runkel, et al., (82-1602), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1983.

Certiorari Granted February 27, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Hubbell (argued), Traverse City, Mich., for defendant-appellant in No. 82-1601, & plaintiffs-appellees in Nos. 82-1600 and 82-1602.

Albert R. Dilley (argued), Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees in all cases.

William S. Farr, John R. Oostema, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees in Nos. 82-1601 and 82-1602, for defendant-appellant in No. 82-1600.

Gerald F. Young, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellees in Nos. 82-1600 and 82-1601, for defendant-appellant in No. 82-1602.

Frank J. Kelley, Lansing, Mich., for defendant-appellant in No. 82-1602.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, and LIVELY and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Granted February 27, 1984. See 104 S.Ct. 1412.

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.

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