In an Establishment Clause challenge to religious displays in a contract postal unit operated by a church, summary judgment for plaintiff is vacated where the Establishment Clause requires no more than that the postal counter be free of religious material, and that visual cues distinguish the space operating as a postal facility from the space functioning as purely private property.
Read Cooper v. U.S. Postal Serv., No. 07-4825
Appellate Information
Argued: March 20, 2009
Decided: August 20, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Jacobs
Counsel
For Appellant:
Jeffrey A. Shafer, Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, DC
Benjamin W. Bull, Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, DC
For Appellee:
Aaron S. Bayer, Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, CT
Kevin M. Smith, Wiggin and Dana LLP, New Haven, CT
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