United States Second Circuit

Order enjoining defendants from enforcing the Board's Standard Operating Procedure section 5.11, so as to deny plaintiffs' application to rent space in a public school operated by the Board for morning meetings that include religious worship or the application of any similarly situated individual or entity, is affirmed.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2002
• Decided 06/06/2003
• Published 06/06/2003

Judges

• Before:  CARDAMONE, MINER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jay Worona, New York State School Boards Association, Inc., Latham, New York (James R. Sandner, Carol Gerstl, United Federation of Teachers, New York, New York, of counsel), filed a joint amicus curiae brief on behalf of the New York State School Boards Association, Inc. (N.Y.SSBA), and The United Federation of Teachers (UFT)., Jennifer Levin, Washington, D.C. (Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, David K. Flynn, Eric W. Treene, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.;  James B. Comey, U.S. Attorney, David J. Kennedy, Neil M. Corwin, Gideon A. Schor, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Southern District of New York, New York, New York, of counsel), filed a brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae., Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., Washington, D.C. (Roman P. Storzer, Derek L. Gaubatz, The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C., of counsel), filed a brief for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty as Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jane L. Gordon, New York, New York (Edward F.X. Hart, Lisa Grumet, Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellants., Jordan W. Lorence, Scottsdale, Arizona (Benjamin W. Bull, Alliance Defense Fund Law Center, Scottsdale, Arizona;  Rena Lindevaldsen, Esanu, Katsky, Korins & Siger, LLP, New York, New York;  Joseph P. Infranco, Migliore & Infranco, Commack, New York, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.