Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. Grayson County
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 14, 2010No. 08-5548PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcKEAGUE, J., joined by Forester, D.J.,
MOORE, J. (pp. 857-63), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
KEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
In 2001, the Grayson County Fiscal Court approved a proposal to hang a “Foundations of American Law and Government Display” in the county courthouse. The display consisted of nine historical documents, including a copy of the Ten Commandments, along with an “Explanation Document” purporting to describe the significance of these items as foundations of law and government in the United States. The district court found that the hanging of the display was shown to have been motivated by a predominant*841ly…
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