Student and Parent Coalition v. State of Arkansas
Arkansas Act 573 requiring Ten Commandments displays in every public school classroom violates the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.
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Topic: Public Display
Bill 21 (Supreme Court of Canada Appeal)
County of Allegheny v. ACLU
Gilfillan v. City of Philadelphia
Philadelphia violated the Establishment Clause by spending taxpayer funds to build a platform for a papal mass and rent chairs, sound system, and other decorations.
4th Circuit Decision (WWI Memorial Cross)
A cross-shaped WWI memorial erected in 1925 on public land has the primary effect of excessively endorsing religion and excessively entangles government in religion.
Van Order v. Perry
The Supreme Court upheld Ten Commandments display on public property.
American Legion v. American Humanist Association
A 94-year-old WWI cross on public land in Maryland is not prohibited by the Establishment Clause because the passage of time gives rise to a…
Shurtleff v. Boston
A city violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to fly a Christian flag from a city…
Jeremy Ray Morris and Kristy Morris v. West Hayden Estates First Addition Homeowners Association, Inc.
A reasonable jury could find that a homeowners association interfered with homeowners' enjoyment of their property due to religious discrimination in objecting to their Christmas…