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Opinion of the Court
Filed
Feb. 25, 2009
Case
Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
Case status
Decided

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*464Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment entitles a private group to insist that a municipality permit it to place a permanent monument in a city park in which other donated monuments were previously erected. The Court of Appeals held that the municipality…

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