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AMERICAN CIV. LIBERTIES UN. v. CITY OF ST. CHARLES

No. 85 C 09917.

622 F.Supp. 1542 (1985)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS, Kathryn Giuntoli, and Joan Markley, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ST. CHARLES and Fred T.L. Norris, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

December 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Jane M. Whicher, Fay Clayton, Jeffrey E. Stone, Sachnoff Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Jack M. Siegel, William R. Warnock, Siegel & Warnock, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

This case presents the difficult and sensitive issue of whether the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the City of St. Charles, Illinois from including an illuminated latin cross in its annual Christmas lighting display. The lighting display has been a part of St. Charles' Christmas celebration for more than fifteen years.

The plaintiffs, two St. Charles' residents and the...

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