Legal Opinion

Hankins v. Lyght

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided February 16, 2006No. 18-3309PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

441 F.3d 96

John Paul HANKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Ernest S. LYGHT and New York Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church, Defendants-Appellees,

Stony Brook Community Church, Defendant.

Docket No. 04-0743-CV.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued: January 5, 2005.

Decided: February 16, 2006.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Bruce Miles Sullivan, Stony Brook, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Frederick K. Brewington, Hempstead, New York, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: WINTER, SOTOMAYOR, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

Judge SOTOMAYOR dissents in a…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited67 opinions

  1. Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  3. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

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3Cited by46 opinions

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