Lynch v. Donnelly

Lynch v. Donnelly
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 4, 1983 Decided March 5, 1984
Full case name	Dennis M. Lynch, Mayor of Pawtucket, et al. v. Daniel Donnelly, et al.
Citations	465 U.S. 668 (more) 104 S. Ct. 1355; 79 L. Ed. 2d 604; 1984 U.S. LEXIS 37; 52 U.S.L.W. 4317
Holding
The city of Pawtucket's nativity scene does not violate the Establishment Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
Majority	Burger, joined by White, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor
Concurrence	O'Connor
Dissent	Brennan, joined by Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
Dissent	Blackmun, joined by Stevens
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. I

Lynch v. Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668 (1984), was a United States Supreme Court case challenging the legality of Christmas decorations on town property. All plaintiffs, including lead plaintiff Daniel Donnelly, were members of the Rhode Island chapter of the ACLU. The lead defendant was Dennis Lynch, then mayor of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.^[1]