San Diego memorial cross stay [US SC]

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San Diego memorial cross stay [US SC]

July 7, 2006 09:51:00 pm

San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial v. Paulson, Supreme Court of the United States, July 7, 2006 [ordering that a temporary stay against the removal of a monumental memorial cross on city property in San Diego be continued until the Ninth Circuit hears an appeal on the cross's removal this fall]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF] per Justice Kennedy. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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