Matter of J.J.D. v. M.D.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that constitutionality of Ten Commandments monument depends on context in which it is displayed
• observing that the Ten Commandments display is “readily visible to ... county citizens who use the courthouse to conduct their civic business”
• striking down a Ten Commandments display in several courthouses because it was not integrated with a secular purpose
• county citizens saw Ten Commandments display that was “readily visible” to them when they used courthouse to conduct civic business
• “[T]he Court often . . . accept[s] governmental statements of purpose, in keeping with the respect owed in the first instance to such official claims”
• “[T]he First Amendment mandates governmental neutral­ ity between . . . religion and nonreligion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).