AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS

No. 93-55085.

90 F.3d 379 (1996)

AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS; Eve Slaff; Alan Sieroty; Devera Lurie Waldman; Charles Waldman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS; Allan L. Alexander, Mayor; Bernard J. Hecht; Robert K. Tanenbaum; Maxwell H. Salter; Vicki Reynolds, Defendants-Appellees, and Chabad of California, Inc., Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Sobel, ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, and Douglas E. Mirell, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Harry L. Gershon, Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees.

Jeffrey G. Kichaven, Alschuler, Grossman & Pines, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-intervenor-appellee.

Tzivia Schwartz, Anti-Defamation League, Los Angeles, California, for amicus curiae.

Before: HUG, Chief Judge, SCHROEDER, FLETCHER, CANBY, BEEZER, HALL, WIGGINS, BRUNETTI, FERNANDEZ, T.G. NELSON, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants, the American Jewish Congress and individual members (collectively "American Jewish Congress"), challenge under the religion clauses of the United States and California constitutions the action of defendants-appellees, the City of Beverly Hills and individual officials (collectively "the City" or "Beverly Hills") in permitting defendant-intervenor-appellee Chabad of California, Inc. ("Chabad") to erect a 27-foot menorah...

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