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Whether the government's transfer of public land bearing a religious display (a Latin cross) to a private party remedies an Establishment Clause violation

1 federal appellate case on this question, each acknowledging the disagreement in its own words.

  1. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · May 14, 2008

    “VI The Buono IV opinion contravenes binding Supreme Court precedent, creates a split from the Seventh Circuit on multiple issues, invests judges with the dangerous *768 and unprecedented authority to infringe upon fundamental private rights, and rests on patently flawed reasoning.” — Creates a split
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The other side of the split

Decisions the acknowledging court(s) named as the opposing or joined side, quoted in the acknowledging opinion's own words.

  • On the other sideMercier395 F.3d 705
    “See Mercier, 395 F.3d at 705 (“The City is able to extricate itself completely from the implied endorsement of the purpose and content of the religious symbol, yet the Monument can remain in the location it has occupied for many years.”).” — Buono v. Kempthorne, acknowledging the split
  • DiscussedPaulson
    “Of course, the government may moot an injunction by curing the violation that spurred it; Paulson, as well as common sense, compel no less.” — Buono v. Kempthorne, acknowledging the split

What the split turns on

Anchor precedents:
Buono v. Norton371 F.3d 543 ·
Buono II371 F.3d 548

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