Cert granted in Sunrise Rock Cross case

[Douglas Laycock]

My understanding is that the VFW chapter that was party to the contract is now defunct.  The state VFW is claiming rights as a successor in interest, but that claim is disputed and have not yet been adjudicated. 

Quoting Marc Stern <mstern at ajcongress.org>:

> They are not a party to the pending case; they did join in an amicus
> brief.
> Marc Stern
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> Doesn't the VFW of California have rights pursuant to the contract that
> the Ninth Circuit invalidated (for purchase of the land on which the
> cross sits)? I'd think the VFW then would have to be a party to any
> settlement, but I could be wrong.
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> Mark S. Scarberry
> Pepperdine University School of Law
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> Too late for that.  But they could settle the case.
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> Quoting Lauren Smith <smithlau at umich.edu>:
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>>
>> How likely is it that the Obama Administration will withdraw the
> petition?
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>>> The Supreme Court today granted cert. in the Sunrise Rock Cross case
>>> involving an Establishment Clause challenge to Congress' transfer of
> the
>>> Sunrise Rock Cross in the Mojave Preserve war memorial to the VFW.
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Douglas Laycock
Yale Kamisar Collegiate Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
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