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164440P.pdf 08/28/2018 New Doe Child #1 v. United States of America
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 16-4440
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Beam and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Civil case - First Amendment. In action claiming the statutes requiring
the inscription of the national motto, "In God We Trust," on U.S. coins
and currency violated plaintiffs' rights under the Establishment, Free
Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment, the Religious
Freedom Restoration Act and the Equal Protection Component of the Fifth
Amendment, the district court did not err in dismissing the action under
Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. Judge Kelly, concurring in
part, and concurring in the judgment.