Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 25, 2000No. 98-4106PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COHN, D.J., delivered the opinion of the court. MERRITT, J. (pp. 727-30), delivered a separate concurring opinion, in which COHN, D.J., joined. DAVID A. NELSON, J. (pp. 730-31), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
COHN, District Judge.
By separating government and religion the establishment clause enables [a religious heterogeneous] society to maintain some civility among believers and unbelievers as well as among diverse believers.
—Leonard Levy1
I. Introduction
A.Issue
In this case we are called upon to decide whether or not the official motto of the State of Ohio, “With God All…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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3Cited by1 opinion
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Matthew Peterson, Reverend v. Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board Robert Taft, Governor of Ohio Ronald R. Keller Daniel Shellenbarger Richard H. Finan J. Kenneth Blackwell, Secretary of State Thomas M. Zaino, Tax CommissionerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000