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 of America
surface form: 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 v. ACLU of Kentucky self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 federal judiciary of the United States
surface form: 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 McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 v. ACLU of Kentucky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: McCreary County, Kentucky, et al. v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky, et al.
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky priorHistory McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ACLU of Kentucky v. McCreary County, 354 F.3d 438 (6th Cir. 2003)