Legal Opinion · Dissent
Isaiah Brown v. Polk County, Iowa, a Municipal Corporation Ray Sears, Former County Administrator for Polk County Polk County Board of Supervisors
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1994No. 93-3313Published
1DissentMorris Sheppard Arnold, Circuit Judge
The court holds today that Polk County, Iowa, may lawfully order one of its employees to remove from his office all items that manifest his religious faith and, even more incredibly, may direct him to remove his Bible from his desk drawer. The district court charitably ' characterized this heavy-handedness as “arguably overzealous,” and confessed to being “somewhat troubled” by it. Brown v. Polk County, Iowa, 832 F.Supp. 1305, 1316, 1316 n. 22 (S.D.Iowa 1993). It nevertheless decided that the county’s action was not unconstitutional. The court also holds today that Polk County may lawfully…
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