James ELLIS, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
CITY OF LA MESA, et al., Defendants-Appellants.
Philip PAULSON, Howard T. Kreisner & Society of Separationists, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Defendant-Appellant.
John MURPHY, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Brian BILBRAY, George Bailey, Susan Golding, Leon Williams, and John MacDonald, in their official capacities as members of San Diego County Board of Supervisors and the County of San Diego, Defendants-Appellants.
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Argued and Submitted May 5, 1992.
Submission Withdrawn June 23, 1992.
Resubmitted March 16, 1993.
Decided March 23, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mary Kay Jackson, Deputy City Atty., San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellants.
John S. Meyer, Knutson & Meyer, La Mesa, CA, for defendants-appellants.
Michel B. Poynor, Deputy County Counsel, San Diego, CA, for defendants-appellants.
Marcellee E. Mihaila, Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, San Diego, CA, amicus curiae Mt. Soledad Memorial Ass'n, for defendants-appellants.
Arlington Ray Robbins, Robbins & Keehn, APC, San Diego, CA, amicus curiae In Pro Se, for defendants-appellants.
Anthony Caso, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, amicus curiae Pacific Legal Foundation, for defendants-appellants.
Thomas F. Gede, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Sacramento, CA, amicus curiae State of Cal., for defendants-appellants.
John L. Romaker, San Diego, CA, Amicus Curiae Committee to Save the Crosses, an unincorporated Ass'n, and the San Diego County Republican Party, for defendants-appellants.
Keith A. Fournier, Virginia Beach, VA, amicus curiae American Center for Law & Justice, for defendants-appellants.
John W. Vinson, Society of Separationists, Inc., Austin, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.
Michael L. Crowley, Betty Wheeler, American Civil Liberties Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.
Dan Bacal, El Cajon, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.
David Ira Berman, San Diego, CA, amicus curiae Anti Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith, for plaintiffs-appellees.
Steven Green, Silver Springs, MD, amicus curiae Americans United For Separation of Church and State, for plaintiff-appellee.
Peter Irons, Earl Warren Bill of Rights Project, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.
Before: TANG, SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
We consider three crosses. A 36-foot cross stands atop Mt. Helix in a county park. Another hilltop cross, the 43-foot Mt. Soledad Cross, stands in a city park. The third cross, a depiction of the Mt. Helix Cross, provides the focal point for one of the City of La Mesa's official insignia.
As to each, a lawsuit ensued. After consolidating the cases, the district court heard motions and cross-motions for summary judgment. Relying primarily...
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