Legal Opinion
Suhre v. Haywood County
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1997No. 97-1457PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge LUTTIG joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge:
Richard Suhre, a resident of Haywood County, North Carolina, asserts that the maintenance of a Ten Commandments display in the main courtroom of the Haywood County Courthouse violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. He appeals the district court’s ruling that he lacks standing to pursue this claim either as a citizen or as a municipal taxpayer. Because we find that Suhre does have standing as a citizen to press his…
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