Legal Opinion

Kelly McGinley v. Gorman Houston

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 5, 2004No. 03-15005PublishedCited by 64 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:. This suit arises from the removal of a monument depicting the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building in Montgomery, Alabama. Appellants brought suit against the Associate Justices of the Aabama Supreme Court under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, made binding upon the States by the Fourteenth Amendment and enforced through 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The appellants alleged that the appellees had violated the Establishment Clause by ordering the removal of the monument. The United States District Court for…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
  2. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Joe Marsh, Leroy Owens v. Butler County, Alabama, the Butler County CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by64 opinions

  1. Vasquez v. Los Angeles CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  2. Susan Drazen v. Mr. Juan PintoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2023
  3. Vivian Ann Burnett v. City of JacksonvilleCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
  4. United States v. EnsmingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
  5. Stephen Michael Bowers, Sr. v. Board of Regents of the University System of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2013

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