Legal Opinion
Reverend Thomas B. Allen v. Walter Hickel, Secretary of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 10, 1970No. 23544_1PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:
On December 15, 1969, the President, following a tradition established in 1923 by President Harding, threw a switch lighting the National Christmas Tree. The tree was located in the Ellipse (an elliptically shaped park across the street from the White House). Nearby were 57 other lighted and decorated Christmas trees representing the 50 states and seven of the territories of the United States. Also present were reindeer, a burning Yule log, and the center of the controversy before us: an illuminated life-size creche, or Nativity scene, depicting the birth of Christ…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by65 opinions
- Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Robert J. Ihrke and Mary E. Ihrke v. Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Conrad v. City & County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Alma F. Anderson v. Salt Lake City Corporation and Salt Lake CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Hawley v. City of ClevelandCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
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