Legal Opinion
American Humanist Ass'n v. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 18, 2017No. 15-2597PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge Thacker wrote the opinion, which Judge Wynn joined. Chief Judge Gregory wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
THACKER, Circuit Judge:
In this case we are called upon to decide whether the Establishment Clause is violated when a local government displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The district court determined that such government action does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause because the cross has a secular purpose, it…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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