Falwell v. Miller

OPINION

MOON, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Rev. Jerry Falwell and the Trustees of Thomas Road Baptist Church (“Thomas Road” or “the Church”) have filed this civil rights and declaratory judgment action against Clinton Miller, in his official capacity as Chairman of the State Corporation Commission (“SCC”) of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Plaintiffs allege that because the SCC refuses to grant a corporate charter to the Church and its Trustees, Chairman Miller and the SCC have deprived them of their civil rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of…