Legal Opinion
Mercier v. City of La Crosse
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided February 3, 2004No. 02-C-376-CPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CRABB, District Judge.
This case has a long and somewhat tortuous history. The dispute began in 1985 when Phyllis Grams, a resident of La Crosse, Wisconsin, complained to the La Crosse Common Council about a monument of the Ten Commandments that was displayed in Cameron Park, which is located in downtown La Crosse and owned by defendant City of La Crosse. The president of plaintiff Freedom from Religion Foundation wrote a letter to the council in which she suggested that the monument be removed from the park. When the council denied the request, Grams and the Foundation filed…
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Sue Mercier, Elizabeth J. Ash, Angela Belcaster v. Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Crosse Aerie 1254, Intervening and City of La CrosseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Utah Gospel Mission v. Salt Lake City Corp.District Court, D. Utah · 2004
- Mercier, Sue v. Fraternal Order 1254Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
- Sue Mercier, Elizabeth J. Ash, Angela Belcaster v. Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Crosse Aerie 1254, Intervening and City of La CrosseCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005