United States Fifth Circuit

Judgment to defendant affirmed where the Texas Legislature had a valid secular purpose for authorizing the installation of the Ten Commandments monument and the display has neither the purpose nor the effect of endorsing or disapproving of religion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2003
• Published 11/12/2003

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, STEWART and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas Van Orden (argued), Austin, TX, pro se., Mathew D. Staver, Rena Marie-Anne Lindevaldsen, Joel Lee Oster, Erik William Stanley, Anita Leigh Staver, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, for Liberty Counsel, Amicus Curiae., David S. Lill, Clark, Thomas & Winters, Austin, TX, Kelly J. Shackelford, Liberty Legal Institute, Plano, TX, for Liberty Legal Institute, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• R. Ted Cruz (argued), Paul Michael Winget-Hernandez, Amy Warr, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.