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SUMMERS v. ADAMS

C/A No. 3:08-2265-CMC.

669 F.Supp.2d 637 (2009)

Rev. Dr. Thomas A. SUMMERS, Rev. Dr. Robert M. Knight, Rabbi Sanford T. Marcus, Rev. Dr. Neal Jones, Hindu American Foundation, and American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Plaintiffs, v. Marcia S. ADAMS, in her individual capacity and in her official capacity as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles; and Jon Ozmint, in his official capacity as the Director of the Department of Corrections of South Carolina, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Columbia Division.

As Corrected December 14, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron J. Kozloski, Capitol Counsel Capitol Station, Columbia, SC, Alex J. Luchenitser, Ayesha N. Khan, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Eugene H. Matthews, Richardson Plowden and Robinson, Columbia, SC, for Marcia S. Adams.

James Emory Smith, Jr., SC Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, for Marcia S. Adams, Jon Ozmint, Henry D. McMaster.

Andrew F. Lindemann, Davidson Morrison and Lindemann, Columbia, SC, for JonOzmint.

OPINION AND ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

CAMERON McGOWAN CURRIE, District Judge.

This case presents a textbook example of the need for and continued vitality of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as applied to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly warned that "government may not promote or affiliate itself with any religious doctrine or organization...

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