Gaylor, Annie et al v. Lew, Jacob et al

Filing 99

Transmission of Notice of Appeal, Docketing Statement, Orders, Judgment and Docket Sheet to Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals re: 97 Notice of Appeal, (Attachments: # 1 Docketing Statement, # 2 Opinion and Order No.: 87, # 3 Opinion and Order No.: 95, # 4 Judgment, # 5 Docket Sheet) (lak)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
ANNIE LAURIE GAYLOR; DAN
BARKER; IAN GAYLOR, Personal
Representative of the Estate of ANNE
NICOL GAYLOR; and FREEDOM
FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION,
INC.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 16-CV-215

STEVEN MNUCHIN, Secretary of the
United States Department of
Treasury; DAVID J. KAUTTER,
Acting Commissioner of the Internal
Revenue Service; and the UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendants,1
and
EDWARD PEECHER; CHRIS
BUTLER; CHICAGO EMBASSY
CHURCH; PATRICK MALONE;
HOLY CROSS ANGLICAN CHURCH;
and the DIOCESE OF CHICAGO AND
MID-AMERICA OF THE RUSSIAN
ORTHODOX CHURCH OUTSIDE OF
RUSSIA,
Intervenor-Defendants.

NOTICE OF APPEAL
Notice is hereby given that Intervenor-Defendants Edward Peecher, Chris Butler,

In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d), Plaintiffs have substituted David J. Kautter, the current
Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, for John Koskinen.
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Chicago Embassy Church, Patrick Malone, Holy Cross Anglican Church, and the
Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of
Russia hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
from the final judgment entered in favor of Plaintiffs and dismissing the case on
December 15, 2017 (Dkt. 96), from the order declaring 26 U.S.C. § 107(2)
unconstitutional and enjoining Defendants from enforcing it entered on December 13,
2017 (Dkt. 95), and from the order denying Defendants’ motions for summary
judgment and granting summary judgment to Plaintiffs on the Court’s own motion
entered on October 6, 2017 (Dkt. 87).
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Luke W. Goodrich
Luke W. Goodrich
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW,
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Dated: February 8, 2018

Counsel for Intervenor-Defendants

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on February 8, 2018, the foregoing notice of appeal was served on
counsel for all parties by means of the Court’s ECF system.

/s/ Luke W. Goodrich
Luke W. Goodrich

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