| 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 | |
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]
- ^ Glassroth v. Moore, 229 F. Supp. 2d 1290 (M.D. Ala. 2002).
This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
- ^ Glassroth v. Moore, 335 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. 2003). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
