United States Fourth Circuit

Plaintiffs' complaint, alleging that defendant violated the Establishment Clause when it authorized the phrase "In God We Trust" to be inscribed on its Government Center building, is dismissed for failure to claim upon which relief can be granted.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/13/2005
• Published 05/13/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges, and Henry F. FLOYD, United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:George Daly, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants.   James Redfern Morgan, Jr., Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  ON BRIEF:John W. Gresham, Ferguson, Stein, Chambers, Adkins, Gresham & Sumter, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellants.