Lynch v. Donnelly

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1984-03-05

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Chief Justice Burger delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari to decide whether the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits a municipality *671 from including a créche, or Nativity scene, in its annual Christmas display. I Each year, in cooperation with the downtown retail merchants’…

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