Legal Opinion
Fausto v. Diamond
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 19, 1984No. Civ. A. 80-0520 SPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
This case poses a vexing question: does the continuous display, maintenance and preservation of a memorial dedicated to the “Unknown Child” and located on property owned by the City of Providence, violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution? There can be no question but that the Fourteenth Amendment made the Establishment Clause protections applicable to the states. E.g., Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 5, 67 S.Ct. 504, 506, 91 L.Ed. 711 (1947).
The case was tried to the court, sitting without a…
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