New York League for Separation of Church & State v. Graves

Plaintiff corporation sues for a permanent injunction, and has moved for a temporary injunction order, restraining defendant Graves, as Commissioner of Education, from permitting defendant Siena College to use Chancellor’s Hall, the auditorium in the State Education Building, on February 15, 1939, for a lecture, illustrated by moving pictures, advertised to be delivered by the Rev. Bernard H. Hubbard, a Jesuit missionary, known as “ The Arctic Priest.” At the beginning of the argument, plaintiff’s attorney, Joseph Wheless, asked to be added as a party plaintiff and, no objection being made…