Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. v. Harrelson

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• noting that, “[l]ike Bernalillo County’s seal [at issue in Friedman ], and the seals of Zion and Rolling Meadows [at issue in Harris], the cross is a prominent feature of the Edmond seal.”
• rejecting defendants’ argument that “the City seal is permissible because it symbolizes ‘the unique history and heritage of Edmond’ ”
• “Standing is of course always necessary in an Establishment Clause case, and it is sometimes a difficult issue.”
• applying the test derived from Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
• “The circular seal contains four quadrants, of which [three depict secular symbols] ... and the last quadrant depicts a Christian cross.”
• challenge to City of Edmond, Oklahoma’s official seal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).