Legal Opinion
Pfeifer v. City of West Allis
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 10, 2000No. 99-C-0653PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Christopher A. Pfeifer brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge the refusal of defendant City of West Allis to permit him to use a meeting room in the public library (“Library”) to present a program on creationism. Creationism is a religious doctrine based on an interpretation of the Bible, which purports to explain the creation of the universe and human life. Plaintiffs version of creationism rejects Darwin’s theory of evolution, which holds that over a period of billions of years species evolved into other species ultimately…
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