U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
David Williamson v. Brevard County
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- July 8, 2019
- Case
- David Williamson v. Brevard County
- Case status
- Decided
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MARCUS, Circuit Judge: Like many local governments, the Brevard County Board of County Commissioners opens its meetings with a religious invocation. These opening prayers are the subject of this litigation. A group of Secular Humanists and atheists challenge them as violating the Establishment Clause, arguing that the County has wrongfully barred them from offering invocations of thei…
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