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Another victory! Our clients, Jeremy and Kristy Morris, just won for
religious freedom at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Jeremy and Kristy hosted an annual Christmas display at their
home near Hayden, Idaho, asking visitors for donations to charities
that serve children with cancer and children who have been victims of
abuse and neglect.
When they moved to a new home in 2014, their homeowner's
association ordered them to take down their Christmas display.
After the HOA tried to block the display, the Morrises sued. An Idaho
jury found that the HOA discriminated against the Morrises because of
their religion, awarding them $75,000 in damages.
But the judge overruled the jury's verdict, imposed an
injunction preventing Jeremy and Kristy from decorating their home for
Christmas, and imposed thousands of dollars of attorney's fees
on the Morrises.
First Liberty, along with volunteer attorneys from Gibson Dunn &
Crutcher, appealed the judge's ruling. Allyson Ho, partner at
Gibson Dunn, argued the case before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in 2020.
This week, the 9th Circuit sided with religious freedom and reversed
the lower court ruling against Jeremy and Kristy.
We are grateful to all the attorneys in our volunteer attorney
network, especially Allyson Ho, for fighting for the rights of every
family to celebrate the Christmas season without fear of retribution
in their very own neighborhood.
Will you help secure every families' freedom to celebrate the
Christmas season without fear of retribution?
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