Legal Opinion
Buono v. Norton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 7, 2004No. 03-55032PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs claim that the presence of a Latin cross on federally-owned land in the Mojave National Preserve, which is managed by the National Park Service, violates the Establishment Clause. A Latin cross “has two arms, one horizontal and one vertical, at right angles to each other, with the horizontal arm being shorter than the vertical arm.” Buono v. Norton, 212 F.Supp.2d 1202, 1205 (C.D.Cal.2002). The *545Latin cross “is the preeminent symbol of Christianity. It is exclusively a Christian symbol, and not a symbol of any other religion.” Id.; see also Ellis v. City of La…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by125 opinions
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