Legal Opinion
Kurtz v. Baker
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 11, 1986No. Civ. A. 84-2919PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Dr. Paul Kurtz, is a professor of philosophy and a secular humanist. Defendants are the Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer of thé United States, the Chaplain of the House and the Chaplain of the Senate.
Plaintiff brings this suit requesting a permanent injunction to restrain all present and future chaplains of the United States Senate and House of Representatives, while acting in their official capacity, from disparaging the beliefs of nontheists, and a declaration that the making of such remarks by a Senate or House chaplain is…
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