Legal Opinion
Turner v. City Council of the City of Fredericksburg
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 23, 2008No. 06-1944PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Associate Justice O’CONNOR wrote the opinion, in which Judge MOTZ and Judge SHEDD joined.
OPINION
O’CONNOR, Associate Justice (Retired):
Appellant Hashmel Turner claims that the Council for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia, violated his First Amendment rights when it implemented a policy beginning in 2005 requiring that legislative prayers be nondenominational. Because the prayers at issue here are government speech, we hold that Fredericksburg’s prayer policy does not violate Turner’s Free Speech and Free Exercise rights. Likewise, the requirement that the…
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