Legal Opinion · Dissent

Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado v. Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided November 24, 2014No. Supreme Court Case 12SC442Published

1DissentJustice Hood

1 21 More than three decades ago, several individuals challenged the City of Denver's use of public funds for a prominent holiday display, including a life-size nativity seene (or creche), adorning the Denver City and County Building. See Conrad v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 656 P.2d 662, 664 (Colo.1982). Despite finding the economic portion of their injuries "at best indirect and very difficult to *1010quantify," this court held they had standing to sue. Id. at 668. "(Their economic interest in having their tax dollars spent in a constitutional manner" and "their intangible interest in a government…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Lynch v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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