Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates February 2009 No. 2 Vol. 12
Lower Court Holding

Free Expression in a Public Forum

Private Displays and Government Speech

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Lower Court Holding

Decision of the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

A city park in Pleasant Grove, Utah, contains a number of buildings, artifacts, and permanent displays, many of which relate to or commemorate Pleasant Grove’s pioneer history. For example, the park contains one of Pleasant Grove’s first granaries, its first city hall, and its first fire department building. For purposes of this appeal, the most important structure is a Ten Commandments monument donated by the Fraternal Order of Eagles in 1971 two years after it established a local chapter in Pleasant Grove.             In September 2003, Summum, areligious organization with headquarters in Salt LakeCity, Utah, sent the mayor of Pleasant…

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