United States Sixth Circuit

Issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds to finance construction of private religious school buildings does not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause where the bonds had a secular purpose and were awarded without regard to religion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2000
• Decided 02/27/2001
• Published 02/27/2001

Judges

• Before NELSON, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges., CLAY, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which SILER, J., joined.  NELSON, J., (pp. 518-19), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert A. Sedler (argued and briefed), Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, MI, for Appellant., Betty Lee Dunkum (briefed), Christian Legal Society, Annandale, VA, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin T. Baine (argued), Emmet T. Flood (briefed), Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Marla G. Zwas, Howard & Howard, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Appellee.