United States Ninth Circuit

A cross on a half-acre privately owned parcel of land, surrounded by publicly-owned park, does not violate the No Preference Clause of the California constitution.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/21/2002
• Decided 08/22/2001
• Published 08/22/2001

Judges

• Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and PREGERSON, KOZINSKI, FERNANDEZ, RYMER, T.G. NELSON, HAWKINS, GRABER, W. FLETCHER, BERZON, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jordan C. Budd, ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, and James E. McElroy, Law Offices of James E. McElroy, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Casey Gwinn, City Attorney, and Anthony J. Shanley, Deputy City Attorney, The City of San Diego, and Charles V. Berwanger, Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP, San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellees.