Opinion

Lowe v. City of Eugene

  • 254 Or. 518
  • 451 P.2d 117
  • 1969 Ore. LEXIS 584
Court
Oregon Supreme Court
Filed
Feb 26, 1969
Status
Published
Author
Denecke
On the bench
Denecke, Goodayin, Goodwin, Holman, Langtry, McAllister, O'Connell, Perry, Sloan
Cited by
27 cases

adopting on rehearing, the dissent of Goodwin, J. in original hearing, see 451 P.2d 117 at 124

How later courts described this case

  • adopting on rehearing, the dissent of Goodwin, J. in original hearing, see 451 P.2d 117 at 124
  • describing art. I, § 5 as an expression of Oregon’s commitment to the doctrine of separation of church and state
  • cross erected in part to “enhance the commercial exploitation of the principal Christian holidays”
  • no opinion issued after rehearing

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

DENECKE, J.,

dissenting.

I concur in that part of the majority opinion approving the granting of the petition for rehearing and the procedure on rehearing. Upon the constitutional issue, however, I dissent for the reasons stated in my specially concurring opinion filed with our former decision.

Perry, C. J., joins in this dissent.

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