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County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union  ·  1989  ·  122 pinpoint citations from 37 cases, 32 distinct passages.

Caleigh Wood v. Evelyn Arnold  ·  2019-02-11  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"[T]he effect of the government's use of religious symbolism depends on its context."
Rojas v. City of Ocala  ·  2018-05-24  ·  M.D. Florida  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Legislative prayer does not urge citizens to engage in religious practices, and on that basis could well be distinguishable from an exhortation from government to the people that they engage in religious conduct."
Santa Monica Nativity Scenes Committee v. City of Santa Monica  ·  2015-04-30  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“[Lemon’s] trilogy of tests has been applied regularly in the Court’s later Establishment Clause cases.”
Hewett v. City of King  ·  2014-07-08  ·  M.D. North Carolina  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Where the government’s secular message can be conveyed by two symbols, only one of which carries religious meaning, an observer reasonably might infer from the fact that the government has chosen to use the religious symbol that the government means to promote religious faith.”
Town of Greece v. Galloway  ·  2014-05-05  ·  Supreme Court  ·  4 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean[,] ... [it] means at the very least that government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed (including a preference for Christianity over other religions)"
Town of Greece v. Galloway  ·  2014-05-05  ·  Supreme Court  ·  pin 492 U.S. at 573
“Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean[,] . . . [it] means at the very least that government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed (including a preference for Christianity over other religions)”
Mullin v. Sussex County  ·  2012-05-15  ·  D. Delaware  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean[,] ... it certainly means at the very least that the government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed (including a preference for Christianity over other religions).”
Johnson v. Poway Unified School District  ·  2011-09-13  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  2 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Under the Court’s holding in Lynch [v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 1355 , 79 L.Ed.2d 604 (1984) ], the effect of a creche display turns on its setting. Here, unlike in Lynch, nothing in the context of the display detracts from the creche’s religious message.”
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. Grayson County  ·  2010-01-14  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  6 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"[The Lynch ] concurrence articulates a method for determining whether the government's use of an object with religious meaning has the effect of endorsing."
Staley v. Harris County TX  ·  2007-04-25  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  6 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"[T]he question is what viewers may fairly understand to be the purpose of the display. That inquiry, of necessity, turns upon the context in which the contested object appears"
Doe ex rel. Doe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board  ·  2006-12-15  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Marsh plainly does not stand for the sweeping proposition ... that all accepted practices 200 years old and their equivalents are constitutional today.”
Doe v. Tangipahoa Parish School Bd.  ·  2006-12-15  ·  Fifth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
" Marsh plainly does not stand for the sweeping proposition . . . that all accepted practices 200 years old and their equivalents are constitutional today."
Skoros v. City of New York  ·  2006-02-02  ·  Second Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“The Christmas tree, unlike the menorah, is not itself a religious symbol.”
Skoros v. City of New York  ·  2006-02-02  ·  Second Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"The Christmas tree, unlike the menorah, is not itself a religious symbol."
Simpson v. Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors  ·  2005-04-14  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  4 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Legislative prayer does not urge citizens to engage in religious prac- tices, and on that basis could well be distinguishable from an exhorta- tion from government to the people that they engage in religious conduct"
Lambeth v. Board of Commissioners of Davidson County  ·  2004-05-25  ·  M.D. North Carolina  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Our previous opinions have considered in dicta the motto and the pledge, characterizing them as consistent with the proposition that government may not communicate an endorsement of religious belief.”
ACLU v. McCreary Cnty  ·  2004-03-23  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  pin 492 U.S. at 573
“[T]he content of Speech and Free Exercise Clauses protect.”
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky v. McCreary County, Kentucky  ·  2004-03-23  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"[T]he content of a public school's curriculum may not be based on a desire to promote religious beliefs.... For the same reason, posting the Ten Commandments on the wall of a public-school classroom violates the Establishment Clause."
Calvary Chapel Church v. Broward County, Fla.  ·  2003-12-23  ·  S.D. Florida  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“As observed in this Nation, Christmas has a secular, as well as a religious, dimension.”
Mellen v. Bunting  ·  2003-04-30  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“While we do not doubt that some persons find [the government’s support of religion] laudable, it ... violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.”
Myers v. Loudoun County School Board  ·  2003-02-21  ·  E.D. Virginia  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Our previous opinions have considered in dicta the motto and the *1275 pledge, characterizing them as consistent with the proposition that government may not communicate an endorsement of religious belief.”
Glassroth v. Moore  ·  2002-11-18  ·  M.D. Alabama  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Marsh plainly does not stand for the sweeping proposition ... that all accepted practices 200 years old and their equivalents are constitutional today.”
Freethought Society v. Chester County  ·  2002-03-06  ·  E.D. Pennsylvania  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“the term ‘endorsement’ is closely linked to the term ‘promotion’ and this Court long since has held that government ‘may not ... promote one religion or religious theory against another’ ”
Woodrum v. Johnson  ·  2001-12-12  ·  West Virginia Supreme Court  ·  6 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"As a general rule, the principle of stare decisis *913 directs us to adhere not only to the holdings of our prior cases, but also to their explication of the governing rules of law."
American Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board  ·  2001-03-16  ·  Sixth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“The display of religious symbols in public areas of core government buildings runs a special risk of ‘mak[ing] religion relevant, in reality or public perception, to status in the political community.’ ”
American Civil Liberties Union v. Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board  ·  1998-09-01  ·  S.D. Ohio  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“we have expressly required ‘strict scrutiny’ of practices suggesting ‘a denominational preference’ ”
Ceniceros ex rel. Risser v. Board of Trustees of the San Diego Unified School District  ·  1997-02-06  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“[T]he prohibition against governmental endorsement of religion precludes government from conveying or attempting to convey a message that religion or a particular religious belief is favored or preferred.”
Ceniceros v. Board Of Trustees Of The San Diego Unified School District  ·  1997-02-06  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"[T]he prohibition against governmental endorsement of religion precludes government from conveying or attempting to convey a message that religion or a particular religious belief is favored or preferred."
Barghout v. Bureau of Kosher Meat & Food Control  ·  1995-10-02  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean ... it certainly means at the very least that government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed_”
George Barghout v. Bureau Of Kosher Meat And Food Control  ·  1995-10-02  ·  Fourth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Whatever else the Establishment Clause may mean ... it certainly means at the very least that government may not demonstrate a preference for one particular sect or creed...."
Ceniceros ex rel. Risser v. Board of Trustees of the San Diego Unified School District  ·  1995-09-28  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  3 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
“[T]he prohibition against governmental endorsement of religion precludes government from conveying or attempting to convey a message that religion or a particular religious belief is favored or preferred.”
Howard T. Kreisner v. City of San Diego  ·  1993-08-02  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  6 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Allegheny County "
Howard T. Kreisner v. City of San Diego  ·  1993-03-03  ·  Ninth Circuit  ·  6 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"Allegheny County "
John Doe v. Village of Crestwood, Illinois, and Chester Stranczek, Mayor of the Village of Crestwood, in His Official Capacity  ·  1991-01-07  ·  Seventh Circuit  ·  4 pin-cites  ·  pin 106 L. Ed. 2d at 472
"the question is 'what viewers may fairly understand to be the purpose of the display.' "
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