AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO v. ASHBROOK

No. 1:01CV0556.

211 F.Supp.2d 873 (2002)

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiff, v. Robert ASHBROOK, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Ohio, Eastern Division.

June 11, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond V. Vasvari, Jr., American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Sara E. DeCaro, ACLU of Ohio Foundation, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff.

Daniel P. Whitehead, Mark D. Landes, Isaac, Brant, Ledman & Teetor, Columbus, OH, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

O'MALLEY, District Judge.

A poster of the Ten Commandments hangs prominently in a gilded frame in a Court of Common Pleas in Richland County, Ohio. The issue before this Federal Court is whether this display violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Court holds that it does.

Plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation, Inc. ("ACLU"), brings this...

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