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KURTZ v. KENNICKELL

Civ. A. No. 84-2918.

622 F.Supp. 1414 (1985)

Dr. Paul KURTZ, Plaintiff, v. Ralph E. KENNICKELL, Jr., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

As Amended December 3, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald A. Lindsay, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Brook Hedge, Sandra M. Schraibman, Stephanie L. Golden, Attys., U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Div. Washington, D.C., for defendants.

Michael Davidson, Senate Legal Counsel, Ken U. Benjamin, Jr., Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, Morgan J. Frankel, John C. Grabow, Asst. Senate Legal Counsel, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae, U.S. Senate.

MEMORANDUM

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

I.

Plaintiff, alleging that he is a federal taxpayer and a secular humanist, here sues the Public Printer, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Treasurer of the United States. He alleges that their use of appropriated funds to print and publish annual compilations of prayers offered by the Chaplains of the Senate and the House of Representatives violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Plaintiff...

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