McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky

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McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that displaying the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

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instanceOf Establishment Clause case ⓘ
First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
United States constitutional law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw church–state separation ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
arguedDate March 2, 2005 ⓘ
citation 545 U.S. 844 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Establishment Clause ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate June 27, 2005 ⓘ
dissentBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 03-1693 ⓘ
fullName McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al. ⓘ
holding Displays of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ
issue Whether courthouse displays of the Ten Commandments had a predominantly religious purpose ⓘ
joinedByInMajority John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal jurisdiction ⓘ
legalPrinciple Government action must have a secular legislative purpose to comply with the Establishment Clause ⓘ
legalTestApplied purpose prong of the Lemon test ⓘ
locationOfDisplays Kentucky county courthouses ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy David H. Souter ⓘ
page 844 ⓘ
petitioner McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pulaski County, Kentucky ⓘ
priorHistory ACLU of Kentucky v. McCreary County, 354 F.3d 438 (6th Cir. 2003) ⓘ
relatedCase Van Orden v. Perry ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky ⓘ
result Affirmed the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
stateParty McCreary County, Kentucky ⓘ
Pulaski County, Kentucky ⓘ
subjectMatter Ten Commandments displays in public buildings ⓘ
government display of religious texts ⓘ
volume 545 ⓘ
yearDecided 2005 ⓘ

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David H. Souter → notableCase → McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
Lynch v. Donnelly → relatedCase → McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
Van Orden v. Perry → relatedCase → McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
Van Orden v. Perry → contrastWith → McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky ⓘ
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → fullName → McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al. ⓘ
linked to: McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky → priorHistory → ACLU of Kentucky v. McCreary County, 354 F.3d 438 (6th Cir. 2003) ⓘ
linked to: McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky