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This case mirrors the First Amendment issues raised in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum. And when the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Pleasant Grove case, it decided to hold this companion case from Utah involving Duchesne City. After the Supreme Court issued its unanimous ruling on our behalf in the Pleasant Grove City case, the high court on March 2, 2009 issued an order granting the ACLJ’s Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the case of Duchesne City v. Summum, vacating the judgment in the case, and remanding it to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit for further consideration in light of the Pleasant Grove City decision. The ACLJ represented Duchesne City in this companion case at the high court. And, like the Pleasant Grove case, the Tenth Circuit decision cleared the way for Summum to erect its own monument in a city-owned park which contains a long-standing display of the Ten Commandments. The ACLJ contended that the appellate court rulin g conflicts with decisions of other circuits, badly distorts First Amendment jurisprudence and will impose severe practical burdens on government entities. The case is Duchesne City v. Summum (No. 07-690).
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