United States Ninth Circuit

Establishment Clause allows a city to withhold "civic event" subsidies for the public use of its facilities from religious groups without violating the 1st Amendment rights of the groups.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/30/2001
• Published 03/30/2001

Judges

• Before:  SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, FERNANDEZ, T.G. NELSON, KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, GRABER, MCKEOWN, WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, RONAL M. GOULD, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kevin H. Theriot, Lawrenceville, Georgia, for the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees., Merle Turchik, Deputy City Attorney, Tucson, Arizona, for the defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.