Legal Opinion
Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided June 2, 2006No. 4:03 CV 90074(Lead), 4:02 CV 90447, 4:03 CV 90101PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER FOLLOWING TRIAL
PRATT, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The issue to be resolved in this case is whether the contractual relationship between the state of Iowa Department of Corrections (“Dept, of Corrections”) and InnerChange Freedom Initiative (“Inner-Change” or “IFI”) impermissibly advances religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. 1 The Court conducted a bench trial on the matter over a fourteen-day period from October 24, 2005, to November 4, 2005, and then from November 28, 2005, to December 1, 2005. The trial included a site visit…
2Cases cited70 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. Prison Fellowship Ministries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
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