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NEWDOW v. CONGRESS OF U.S.

No. CIV. S-05-17LKK/DAD.

383 F.Supp.2d 1229 (2005)

The Rev. Dr. Michael A. NEWDOW, et al., Plaintiffs, v. THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

September 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Arthur Newdow, Michael, Newdow, Esq., Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Craig Manning Blackwell, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, DC; Terence John Cassidy, Michael William Pott, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, and Jill Bowers, California Department of Justice, Sacracramento, CA, for Defendants.

ORDER

KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

Pending before the court are motions to dismiss in what is something of a cause celebre in the ongoing struggle as to the role of religion in the civil life of this nation. Below, I conclude that binding precedent requires a narrow resolution of the motions, one which will satisfy no one involved in that debate, but which accords with my duty as a judge of a subordinate court.

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