County of Allegheny v. ACLU

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Establishment Clause case United States Supreme Court case

County of Allegheny v. ACLU is a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court case that refined the interpretation of the Establishment Clause by addressing the constitutionality of religious holiday displays on government property.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter	1
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Establishment Clause case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	First Amendment law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate	1989-02-22 ⓘ
citation	492 U.S. 573 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
concurrenceInJudgmentBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
concurrenceInJudgmentJoinedBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ Byron R. White ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
constitutionalClause	Establishment Clause ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1989-07-03 ⓘ
docketNumber	87-2050 ⓘ 88-90 ⓘ
fullName	County of Allegheny v. ACLU self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
holding	A Chanukah menorah display outside a government building, when combined with a Christmas tree and a sign saluting liberty, did not violate the Establishment Clause ⓘ A crèche display in the Allegheny County Courthouse violated the Establishment Clause ⓘ
involvedGovernmentEntity	Allegheny County ⓘ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: City of Pittsburgh
issue	Constitutionality of religious holiday displays on government property ⓘ
joinedByInPart	John Paul Stevens ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
languageOfOpinion	English ⓘ
legalTestApplied	endorsement test ⓘ
locationOfControversy	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
petitioner	Allegheny County ⓘ surface form: County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania
precedentFor	analysis of religious symbols on public property ⓘ
relatedCase	Lee v. Weisman ⓘ Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ Lynch v. Donnelly ⓘ
relatedLegalTest	Lemon test ⓘ
respondent	American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ surface form: American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
subjectMatter	public religious displays ⓘ
term	1988 Term ⓘ
topic	government endorsement of religion ⓘ religious holiday displays ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Allegheny v. ACLU → fullName → County of Allegheny v. ACLU self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter

Establishment Clause → keyCase → County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ

this entity surface form: McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky

Lynch v. Donnelly → relatedCase → County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ