The Salt Lake Tribune reports that after considering the petition to hear the case regarding roadside crosses in Utah, the Supreme Court has yet to decide, surprising at least one of the attorneys involved.
Supreme Court justices met on Oct. 7 to discuss whether to take the case, and were expected to announce the decision later that day or this week. Instead, justices will continue discussions Oct. 14, said Brian Barnard, a Salt Lake City civil rights attorney involved in the case.
"It is most interesting that this initial decision is taking so long and these repeated considerations by the justices," Barnard said. In order for the high court to take the case, four of nine justices must agree, he said.
The crosses, memorializing fallen state highway troopers, were declared unconstitutional by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals last year.
