Legal Opinion

Shurtleff v. City of Boston

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 27, 2019No. 18-1898PPublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have required the City of Boston ("City") to temporarily raise a "Christian flag" on a government-owned flagpole in front of its City Hall. Plaintiff-appellant Harold Shurtleff is the director of Camp Constitution, a volunteer association (and also a plaintiff-appellant here) established in 2009 to "enhance understanding of the country's Judeo-Christian moral heritage, the American heritage of courage and ingenuity, [and] the genius of the United States Constitution," among other things. To…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Texas v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Pleasant Grove City v. SummumSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  5. New Comm Wireless Services, Inc. v. SprintCom, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Norris v. Cape Elizabeth School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020
  2. Cushing v. PackardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2022
  3. Shurtleff v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2021
  4. Comcast of Maine/New Hampshire v. MillsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2021
  5. Peter Gibbs and Brett (Brooke) Sonia v. P N.H. Department of Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks et al.District Court, D. New Hampshire · 2021

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