County of Allegheny v. ACLU

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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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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 ⓘ

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Establishment Clause → keyCase → County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ
Establishment Clause → keyCase → County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ
this entity surface form: McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
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
Lynch v. Donnelly → relatedCase → County of Allegheny v. ACLU ⓘ