Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. v. Ashbrook
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided June 11, 2002No. 1:01CV0556PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
O’MALLEY, District Judge.
A poster of the Ten Commandments hangs prominently in a gilded frame in a Court of Common Pleas in Richland County, Ohio. The issue before this Federal Court is whether this display violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court holds that it does.
Plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. (“ACLU”), brings this action on behalf of its members in Richland County, Ohio, against the Honorable James DeWeese (“Judge DeWeese” or “the Judge”), the judge who hung the Ten…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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