Legal Opinion
Steele v. Industrial Development Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided October 24, 2000No. CIV. 3:91-0421PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
TRAUGER, District Judge.
In this proceeding to invalidate a political subdivision’s bond issue to benefit a private, religious university, the principal inquiry is whether the bond issue violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
The court has before it motions for summary judgment filed by Defendant David Lipscomb University (“Lipscomb”), Defendant Metropolitan Government of Nashville (“Metro”), and the plaintiffs. Defendant Industrial Development Board of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County (“Industrial…
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