Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]

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Kentucky Ten Commandments cert. petition [US Supreme Court]

Bernard Hibbitts

October 12, 2004 02:00:00 pm

McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, petition to the US Supreme Court for writ of certiorari [re: the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in ACLU of Kentucky v. McCreary County, December 13, 2003]. Read the petition here [PDF], filed by Liberty Counsel. Certiorari granted October 12, 2004.

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