Legal Opinion
Demmon v. Loudoun County Public Schools
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided October 15, 2004No. CIV.A. I:03cv365PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
CACHERIS, District Judge.
At issue in this case is whether a public school violates the Free Speech and Establishment Clauses of the United States and Virginia Constitutions when it removes bricks inscribed with the Latin cross, purchased by parents and relatives of school students and graduates, from the school’s “walkway of fame,” located on school property.
The Court holds that having created a limited public forum, the school engaged in impermissible viewpoint discrimination against expression with a religious viewpoint. For the reasons stated below, the Court will…
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- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
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