United States Seventh Circuit

Monument inscribed with Ten Commandments displayed on lawn of municipal building violates the Establishment Clause because plaintiffs exercising right or duty to attend government building must view religious object they wish to avoid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2000
• Published 12/13/2000

Judges

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth J. Falk (argued), Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Steven K. Green, Washington, DC, for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Amicus Curiae., Marc D. Stern, American Jewish Congress, New York, NY, for American Jewish Congress, Amicus Curiae., John G. Stepanovich, American Center for Law & Justice, Virginia Beach, VA, for American Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae., Edward L. White, III, Thomas More Center for Law & Justice, Ann Arbor, MI, for Thomas More Center for Law and Justice, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Paul D. Eash (argued), Vlado Vranjes, Elkhart, IN, for Defendant-Appellee.