Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. Joyner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1991No. 89-55199PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-appellants, five residents of San Bernardino County, appeal the district court’s judgment in favor of the defendants-appellees after a one-day bench trial. The defendants are the Yucca Valley Parks and Recreation District and members of the San Bernardino County Board of Super*1563visors.1 The plaintiffs sought declaratory and injunctive relief, contending that the County’s ownership and maintenance of a public park containing exclusively immovable religious statuary depicting scenes from the New Testament violate the Establishment Clause of the first amendment…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Hensley v. EckerhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Vasquez v. Los Angeles CountyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Bureerong v. UvawasDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1996
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