Case Categories: Religious Displays or Symbols on Public Property

• Archdiocese of Washington. v. Wash. Metro. Area Transit Authority (2020)

  The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of a case in which the Washington Metro Transit Authority refused to allow an ad from the Catholic Archdiocese...

• Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary (1985)

  Board of Trustees of Scarsdale v. McCreary (1985) said that a Christmas display on public property did not violate the establishment clause of the First...

• Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995)

  Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995) ruled that a KKK Christmas display did not violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment...

• City of Edmond v. Robinson (1996)

  The Court denied certiorari in City of Edmond v. Robinson (1996) upholding that a city seal violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment because it...

• County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union (1989)

  A splintered Supreme Court in 1989 held that a nativity creche display inside a county courthouse in Pittsburgh violated the First Amendment’s establishment...

• Lynch v. Donnelly (1984)

  Lynch v. Donnelly (1984) upheld the inclusion of a manger scene in a Christmas display on government property against a First Amendment establishment clause...

• Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009)

  Pleasant Grove v. Summum (2009) determined a city could refuse to place a monument in a public park because it was a form of government speech immune from First...

• Salazar v. Buono (2010)

  Salazar v. Buono (2010) said that transferring a cross from public land to private land was not an endorsement of religion and did not violate the First...

• Shurtleff v. Boston (2022)

  The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 in Shurtleff v. Boston determined that, in this instance, flying a Christian flag on a city flagpole at the request of a...

• Utah Highway Patrol Association v. American Atheists, Inc. (2011)

  The Supreme Court in 2011 declined to hear a case in which a lower court had ruled Utah Highway Patrol's roadside crosses violated the establishment clause of...