Legal Opinion
Glassroth v. Moore
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided December 23, 2002No. CIV.A. 01-T-1268-N, CIV.A. 01-T-1269-NPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
On November 18, 2002, this court held that defendant Roy S. Moore, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, violated the Establishment' Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution by placing a Ten Commandments monument in the rotunda of the Alabama State Judicial Building. Glassroth v. Moore, 229 F.Supp.2d 1290 (M.D.Ala.2002). Chief Justice Moore was given thirty days to remove the monument voluntarily, and he failed to do so. On December 19, 2002, the court issued a perma nent injunction requiring the Chief Justice to remove the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Hilton v. BraunskillSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Kenneth R. Cate, Esquire, and Maher, Overchuck, Langa & Cate, a Florida Association v. Gordon G. Oldham, Jr., and State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Garcia-Mir v. MeeseCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Glassroth v. MooreDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2002
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Glassroth v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Glassroth v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Moore v. JUDICIAL INQUIRY COM'N OF STATESupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
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