United States Fourth Circuit

A local government's policy under which its public meetings include a non-sectarian invocation does not violate the Establishment Clause and fits within the Supreme Court's requirements for legislative prayer.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/14/2005
• Published 04/15/2005

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• ARGUED:Steven Latham Micas, County Attorney's Office for the County of Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, for Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors.  Rebecca Kim Glenberg, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Cynthia Simpson.   ON BRIEF:  Jeffrey L. Mincks, Stylian P. Parthemos, County Attorney's Office for the County of Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, for Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors. Victor M. Glasberg, Kelly M. Baldrate, Victor M. Glasberg & Associates, Alexandria, Virginia;  Ayesha Khan, Americans United For Separation Of Church & State, Washington, D.C., for Cynthia Simpson.   Steven W. Fitschen, The National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Amicus Supporting Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors.