HYCHE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (25 total)

• Cnty. OF Allegheny v. Am. Civil Liberties Union, 492 U.S. 573 (U.S. 1989)
  …t itself a religious symbol. Although Christmas trees once carried religious connotations, today they typify the secular celebration of Christmas. See American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois v. St. Charles, 794 F. 2d 265, 271 (CA7), cert. denied, 479 U. S. 961 (1986); L. Tribe, American Constitutional Law 1295 (2d ed. 1988) (Tribe).65 Numerous Americans place [*617] Christmas trees in their homes without subscribing to Christian religious beliefs, and when the city’s tree stands alone in front of the City…
• Harris v. City OF Zion, 927 F.2d 1401 (7th Cir. 1991)
  …in this country today. See American Civil Liberties Union v. City of St. Charles, 794 F. 2d 265, 267 (7th Cir.) (enjoining St. Charles’ prominent display of a lighted Latin Cross as part of the municipality's annual Christmas display), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 961, 107 S.Ct. 458, 93 L.Ed.2d 403 (1986). Kuhn and the Society claimed that the presence of the cross on the Rolling Meadows seal promotes or endorses Christianity and, thus, violates the first amendment which prohibits any law “respecting the establi…
• Miller v. Cudahy Co., 858 F.2d 1449 (10th Cir. 1988)
  …nconstitutional as applied to the facts of this case. A. The issue of whether there is sufficient evidence to justify an award of punitive damages is a question of law. Alley v. Gubser Development Co., 785 F. 2d 849, 855 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 961, 107 S.Ct. 457, 93 L.Ed.2d 403 (1986) (applying Colorado exemplary damages statute). In a diversity case, the circumstances under which punitive damages are available are governed by state law, as are the substantive elements upon which such an aw…