District of Columbia v. The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Inc.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the District of Columbia is one of the largest churches in the world. It was completed in 1959 and since then has been visited by about one million people each year. It was anticipated that many visitors would be there during meal hours, and it was thought desirable and proper to provide loaves and fishes for the multitudes. 1 So, the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Inc., a corporation which constructed and maintains the building and which is the respondent here, bought and installed in an…