Legal Opinion
American Jewish Congress v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 1987No. 86-3021PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Every winter holiday season for the past thirty years, a créche has been displayed in the lobby of the Chicago City-County Building. In November, 1985, the American Jewish Congress filed this suit against the City of Chicago and others (collectively referred to as “the city”), contending that the display of the créche violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The district court held that the case was controlled by Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 1355, 79 L.Ed.2d 604 (1984). In Lynch, the Supreme Court held that a city-owned holiday display that…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by118 opinions
- County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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- Michael Schertz and Beverly Schertz v. Waupaca CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Howard T. Kreisner v. City of San DiegoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. McCreary County, KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
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