Legal Opinion
Mount Soledad Memorial Assn. v. Trunk
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 2012No. 11-1115Relating-toCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 629 F. 3d 1099.
Statement of Justice Alito respecting the denial of the petitions for writs of certiorari.
A large white cross has stood atop Mount Soledad in San Diego, California, since 1954 as a memorial to our Nation’s war veterans. The city of San Diego was previously enjoined under the California Constitution from displaying the cross or transferring, for the purpose of protecting the cross, the property on which the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial stands. See Trunk v. San Diego, 629 F. 3d 1099, 1103-1104 (CA9 2011) (describing prior…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Salazar v. BuonoSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Trunk v. City of San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Utah Highway Patrol Ass'n v. American Atheists, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2011
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc. v. GatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2017
- Hewett v. City of KingDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 2014
- Mount Soledad Memorial Assn. v. TrunkSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
- Freedom from Religion Found., Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified Sch. Dist. Bd. of Educ.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2018
- Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. New Kensington-Arnold School DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2013
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