Showing posts with label Cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cross. Show all posts
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Latest Attempt to Prevent City from Removing Cross from Public Park Fails On Procedural Grounds

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Lion's Club of Albany, California v. City of Albany ,  (ND CA, March 9, 2023), is the latest installment in the ongoing litigation over ...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Cross On Park Land Must Remain While State Court Reconsiders Its Eminent Domain Ruling

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 In Lions Club of Albany, California v. City of Albany ,  (ND CA, Nov. 17, 2022), a California federal district court clarified its 2018 rul...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

11th Circuit: Pensacola Cross May Stay

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In Kondrat'yev v. City of Pensacola, Florida ,  (11th Cir., Feb. 19, 2020), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a case with a com...
Friday, August 09, 2019

3rd Circuit Upholds Cross On County Seal

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In one of the first cases to rely on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in June rejecting an Establishment Clause challenge to the 94-ye...
Friday, June 28, 2019

Supreme Court GVR's Case On Cross In Public Park

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in  Pensacola, Florida v. Kondrat'yev (Docket No. 18-351, GVR 6/28/2019...
Friday, June 21, 2019

Early Analysis of Supreme Court's Bladensburg Cross Ruling

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Here are some early commentaries on yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court decision in American Legion v. American Humanist Association: Amy H...
Thursday, June 20, 2019

Supreme Court Allows Bladensburg Cross To Remain In Flurry of Opinions

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The U.S. Supreme Court today, in a case generating seven separate opinions spanning 87 pages, rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Town Says It Will Keep Crosses On Courthouse

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LifeSite News reported yesterday on the latest controversy over crosses on pubic property.  Freedom From Religion Foundation has complained...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments Today In Bladensburg Cross Case

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This morning the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in American Legion v. American Humanist Association.   In the case, the U.S. 4t...
Saturday, November 03, 2018

Supreme Court Agrees To Review Bladensburg Cross Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted certiorari in two appeals stemming from the same 4th Circuit opinion. The petitions for review were...
Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Cert. Petition Filed In Case On Cross In Public Park

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A petition for certiorari was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in City of Pensacola, Florida v. Kondrat'yev.  In the case a 3...
Saturday, September 08, 2018

11th Circuit Affirms Order To Remove Cross From Park, But Expresses Disagreement With Precedent

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In Kondrat'Yev v. City of Pensacola , (11th Cir., Sept. 7, 2018), a 3-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, feeling bound by...

3rd Circuit Hears Arguments On Cross In County Seal

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Yesterday, the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Cou...
Tuesday, August 07, 2018

Amicus Briefs In Bladensburg Cross Cert Petitions Now Available

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Links (via SCOTUS blog) are now available to the numerous amicus briefs (as well as briefs of the parties) in the certiorari petition in  M...
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Cert. Filed In Bladensburg Cross Challenge

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Yesterday a petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in American Legion v. American Humanist Association....
Thursday, June 21, 2018

City Violated Establishment Clause By Acquiring Cross Site As Park Land

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In Lions Club of Albany, California v. City of Albany ,  (ND CA, June 15, 2018), a California federal district court held that a city violat...
Friday, May 18, 2018

11th Circuit Hears Arguments In Challenge To Cross In City Park

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On Wednesday, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Kondrat'yev v. City of Pensacola, Florida.  ( Audio of ful...
Thursday, April 26, 2018

In Bavaria, State Buildings Will Display A Cross

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According to Evangelical Focus , in Germany this week the Minister President of the state of Bavaria has ordered every state administration ...
Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Cert. Denied In Challenge To City's Removal of Cross

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Dawson v. Grand Haven, MI,  (Docket No. 17-1024, cert. denied 4/2/2018). ( Order List...
Friday, March 02, 2018

4th Circuit Denies En Banc Review On Bladensburg Cross

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The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a vote of 8-6, has denied an en banc rehearing on the constitutionality of the 40-foot high Bladen...