Legal Opinion
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 12, 2002No. Docket No. 02-7073PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRAUB, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-Appellants the City of New York, Bernard Kerik and Rudolph Giuliani (collectively “the City”) appeal from an opinion and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Lawrence M. McKenna, Judge) entering a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church (“Presbyterian” or “the Church”) and ten homeless persons. Finding that Presbyterian had demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of its claim under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, the District Court entered a…
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