Legal Opinion
Fox v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1978No. L.A. 30830PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*794Opinion
NEWMAN, J.
With regard to church-state relations the California declaration of rights proclaims first, “Free exercise and enjoyment of religion without discrimination or preference are guaranteed”; second, there shall be “no law respecting ah establishment of religion”; third, “Rights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the United States Constitution.” (Cal. Const., art. I, §§ 4, 24.) Yet for 30 years Los Angeles officials have authorized the illumination on the city hall of a huge cross—at first to honor the Christmas holidays and then also, during…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Wolman v. WalterSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Alma F. Anderson v. Salt Lake City Corporation and Salt Lake CountyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Reverend Thomas B. Allen v. Walter Hickel, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- Reverend Thomas B. Allen v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by66 opinions
- American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, Kathryn Giuntoli, and Joan Markley v. City of St. Charles and Fred T.L. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- IT Corp. v. County of ImperialCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
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- Vernon v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Society of Separationists, Inc. v. WhiteheadUtah Supreme Court · 1993
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