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FREETHOUGHT SOC. v. CHESTER COUNTY

No. Civ.A.01-5244.

191 F.Supp.2d 589 (2002)

FREETHOUGHT SOCIETY et al. v. CHESTER COUNTY et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

March 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefan Presser, American Civil Liberties Union, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas C. Abrahamsen, Solicitor's Office, West Chester, PA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

Before us is plaintiffs' request for a permanent injunction against the authorities of Chester County, Pennsylvania, from maintaining a plaque on the County Courthouse that displays the full text of the King James Version of the Ten Commandments.

To consider this vexing question under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause ("Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"), we held...

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