Skip to main content

United States Tenth Circuit


SUMMUM v. CITY OF OGDEN, 01-4022

Under the free speech clause of the First Amendment, a city cannot display a Ten Commandments monument on its property, while declining to display a "Seven Principles" monument proferred by the Summum religion.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 07/19/2002
  • Published 07/19/2002

Judges

  • HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before SEYMOUR and HENRY, Circuit Judges, and OBERDORFER, District Judge.

Court

  • United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Brian M. Barnard (James L. Harris, Jr., with him on the briefs) of the Utah Legal Clinic, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

  • For Appellees:
  • Richard A. Van Wagoner (Allan L. Larson and Andrew M. Morse with him on the brief) of Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.
Copied to clipboard