Legal Opinion

Deeper Life Christian Fellowship, Inc. v. Thomas Sobol, in His Official Capacity as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided October 24, 1991No. 53, Docket 91-7157PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Deeper Life Christian Fellowship, Inc. (Deeper Life), a fundamentalist Christian church, appeals from the dismissal of its complaint against Thomas Sobol in his official capacity as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, the denial of its motion for reargument and a final judgment in favor of defendant-appel-lee Sobol, Edward R. Korman, J., in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Appellee claims, among other things, that this appeal is moot. We agree with appellee and dismiss the appeal.

I. Background

In August…

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