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103214P.pdf 05/25/2012 Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 10-3214
U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Fargo
[PUBLISHED] [Wollman, Author, with Bye and Shepherd, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - First Amendment. The district court erred in finding
plaintiffs did not have standing to bring a First Amendment Establishment
Clause action challenging a city commission's adoption of an initiated
ordinance that in effect countermanded the commission's earlier decision
to remove from municipal property a Ten Commandments monument;
case remanded for further proceedings on plaintiff's Establishment Clause
claim. Judge Shepherd, concurring in part and dissenting in part.