Some residents complained about the display as a hate crime, but the Los Angeles County Sheriff concluded the display did not violate any laws.

White followed the telephone calls with a letter to Phillips telling him that umpires could not demonstrate using their uniforms and that such displays violated league policy.

The mayor said the display violated a local ordinance banning private displays on public property.

The question was whether either display violated the First Amendment's prohibition against an official "establishment" of religion.

This interpretation has been repeatedly rejected by the courts, which have found that such displays violate the Establishment Clause.

The city's police chief and corporation counsel determined that the display did not violate any state or local nudity or indecency ordinances.

The Court decided that the modified display did not violate the First Amendment.

The plaintiffs alleged that the display violated the Establishment Clause.

Civil liberties groups sued, arguing that the public display of the monument violated the First Amendment's establishment clause, which prohibits the government from supporting religion.

The display did not violate the Establishment Clause of the FIrst Amendment.