Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Society of Separationists, Inc., Plaintiffs v. John Hill

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in this case, Madalyn Murray O’Hair (O’Hair) and the Society of Separationists, Inc. (Society), commenced this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) & (4) (1976) and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Supp.1980), alleging a complex series of constitutional violations. In affirming the district court’s dismissal of this suit, we shall address briefly each of these alleged violations, striving, as we do so, to construe them as properly pleaded.

We have isolated ten claims upon which varied forms of declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief are requested. All of these claims…