Legal Opinion
Green v. Haskell County Board of Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 8, 2009No. 06-7098PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellee Haskell County Board of Commissioners approved a constituent’s request to erect a monument displaying the Ten Commandments (hereinafter the “Monument”) on the lawn of the county courthouse in Stigler, Oklahoma. Plaintiffs-Appellants James Green, a Haskell County resident, and the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) of Oklahoma filed suit against the Haskell County Board of Commissioners and Kenny Short, in his official capacity as chairman of that board, (collectively “the Board”) under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of the Establishment…
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