Legal Opinion
Americans United for Separation of Church & State v. City of Grand Rapids
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 13, 1990No. 90-2337PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
For the past six years, the City of Grand Rapids has permitted the Chabad House, an arm of the Lubavitch movement of the Jewish faith, to erect a privately-owned menorah in Calder Plaza, a publicly-owned area near a number of buildings of the City of Grand Rapids and other governments. The menorah remains during the season of Chanukah, a Jewish religious holiday lasting eight days in December. See County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, 492 U.S. 573, 109 S.Ct. 3086, 3095-97, 106 L.Ed.2d 472 (1989).
This year, on November 13, a suit was filed against the…
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