Legal Opinion
Robert Brooks v. City of Oak Ridge
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2000No. 99-5516PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Cole, J.,
NORRIS, J. (p. 13), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the result.
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Robert Brooks, a citizen of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, brought suit against the defendant-appellee, the City of Oak Ridge (“Oak Ridge”), alleging that the “Friendship Bell” erected in a public park on the fiftieth anniversary of the city’s founding is a Buddhist symbol whose presence results in an endorsement of the Buddhist religion, in violation of the Establishment Clauses of the U.S. and Tennessee Constitutions. U.S. Const, amend. I; Tenn. Const, art. I, § 3. The district court…
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