Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Rawlings
District Court, N.D. Texas
Decided February 7, 2018No. Civil Action No. 3:17CV–2361–DPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
*636The court must decide whether plaintiffs have standing to challenge the City of Dallas' ("City's") removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee from City property and to bring claims related to the removal of other Confederate monuments and to title to two cemeteries located within the City of Dallas. Concluding that plaintiffs lack standing, the court grants defendants' motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and dismisses this action without prejudice by judgment filed today.
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