Legal Opinion
Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Zielke
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 10, 1988No. 87-2160PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Phyllis Grams, Annie Laurie Gaylor, Anne Nicol Gaylor, and the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. (collectively “the appellants”) filed an action in federal court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to enjoin the City of La Crosse from displaying a monument of the Ten Commandments in a city park. The appellants alleged that the display violated their rights under the first and fourteenth amendments to the Constitution to be free from public and governmental support for religion. They also asserted that alleged expenditures of public funds on the monument violated Article I,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by43 opinions
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