United States Sixth Circuit

District court did not err in granting a preliminary injunction against two county courthouses and one public school displaying framed copies of the Ten Commandments. The displays likely violate the Establishment Clause because their content, context, and evolution show defendants' predominant purpose to be religious, and their effect is an impermissible endorsement of religion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/18/2003
• Published 12/18/2003

Judges

• Before:  RYAN, CLAY, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mathew D. Staver,Erik W. Stanley, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida, Johnnie L. Turner, Law Offices of Johnnie L. Turner, Harlan, KY, for Appellants., David R. Huggins, National Legal Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, for Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Friedman, American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, Louisville, KY, for Appellees.