Legal Opinion
McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 27, 2005No. 03-1693PublishedCited by 496 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Souter
Executives of two counties posted a version of the Ten Commandments on the walls of their courthouses. After suits were filed charging violations of the Establishment Clause, the legislative body of each county adopted a resolution calling for a more extensive exhibit meant to show that the Commandments are Kentucky’s “precedent legal code,” Def. Exh. 1 in Memorandum in Support of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Civ. Action No. 99-507, p. 1 (ED Ky.) (hereinafter Def. Exh.. 1). The result in each instance was a modified display of the Commandments surrounded by texts containing religious…
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