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FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC. v. OBAMA

No. 08-cv-588-bbc.

691 F.Supp.2d 890 (2010)

FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, INC., Anne Nicol Gaylor, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Dan Barker, Paul Gaylor, Phyllis Rose and Jill Dean, Plaintiffs, v. President Barack OBAMA, White House Press Secretary Robert L. Gibbs and Shirley Dobson, Chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

March 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Bolton, Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field LLP, Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs.

Alan Sears, Benjamin W. Bull, Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, Joel Oster, Kevin Theriot, Alliance Defense Fund, Leawood, KS, Brad P. Rosenberg, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

OPINION and ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.

Under 36 U.S.C. § 119, the first Thursday of every May in the United States is designated as the "National Day of Prayer." The statute directs the President to issue a proclamation to commemorate the day, which President Barack Obama has done, following the precedent of many former Presidents. Defendant Shirley Dobson is the chairperson of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, which is a private organization...

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