Legal Opinion
Skoros v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 2, 2006No. Docket No. 04-1229-CVPublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAGGI, Circuit Judge.
No holiday season is complete, at least for the courts, without one or more First Amendment challenges to public holiday displays. At issue in this case is the holiday display policy promulgated by the Department of Education (“DOE”) of the defendant City of New York (“City” or “New York”) for the City’s public elementary and secondary schools. That policy allows the menorah to be displayed as a symbol of the Jewish holiday of Chanukah and the star and crescent to be displayed as a symbol of the Islamic holiday of Ramadan, but it does not allow a creche or nativity scene…
2Cases cited56 opinions
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- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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