Daily Herald - Summum Refiles Lawsuit Against Pleasant Grove

By Laura Giles, HeraldExtra.com

After being rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 and by a federal judge in 2010, the Summum organization has filed a lawsuit against the city of Pleasant Grove in state court. Summum, a religious organization, wants to display a monument bearing the organization's Seven Aphorisms alongside a Ten Commandments monument in the city's Pioneer Park. . . .

We will be defending this action just like we did the first one," Pleasant Grove city attorney Tina Petersen said. According to Petersen, the American Center for Law and Justice will be representing the city pro bono, as it did in the past. A date for the first hearing has not yet been set. . . .

However, Petersen said the Ten Commandments monument, which was erected in the park by the Fraternal Order of the Eagles in 1971, has historical significance to the city and meets the city's guidelines. . . .

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