Glassroth v. Moore
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Glassroth v. Moore, 335 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003), and its companion case Maddox and Howard v. Moore, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (M.D. Ala. 2002),[1] is a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that held a 2+1⁄2 ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments placed in the rotunda of the Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery, Alabama by then-Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.[2]
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Glassroth v. Moore | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
Full case name | Stephen R. Glassroth v. Roy S. Moore, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; Melinda Maddox and Beverly Howard v. Roy Moore, in his official capacity. |
Decided | July 1, 2003 |
Citation | 335 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003) |
Case history | |
Prior history | 229 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (M.D. Ala. 2002) |
Subsequent history | Final injunction issued by District Court, 275 F. Supp. 2d 1347, 1349 (M.D. Ala. 2003); fee application remanded to District Court, 347 F.3d 916 (11th. Cir. 2003); certiorari denied, 540 U.S. 1000 (2003). |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | James Larry Edmondson, Edward Earl Carnes, Richard W. Story (N.D. Ga.) |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Carnes, joined by a unanimous court |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. I |
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