FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION v. ABBOTT

No. 18-50610.

955 F.3d 417 (2020)

FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Greg ABBOTT Governor of the State of Texas, Chairman of the State Preservation Board; Rod Welsh, Executive Director of Texas State Preservation Board, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Bolton , Boardman & Clark, L.L.P., Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

Kyle Douglas Hawkins , Lanora Christine Pettit , Office of the Attorney General, Office of the Solicitor General, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas State Preservation Board Executive Director Rod Welsh appeal a district court judgment declaring that they violated the First Amendment rights of Freedom From Religion Foundation, Incorporated ("FFRF"). However, appellants do not challenge the merits of the district court...

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