A homeowner sues her city council because she is trying to force her to break down Halloween decorations that she repeatedly repeatedly to meet every vacation.
Alexis Luttrell decorated the front of her house in Germantown, Tennessee, with a decorative skeleton and skeletog dog last year, only to use them again to keep political signs a week later for election day.
But before she got the chance to play in her Christmas theme, Luttrell received a message from a Germantown officer who claimed that she was contrary to a city decision.
According to the policy, holiday decorations are installed or placed no more than 45 days before the date of the holiday. “
They must also be removed within '30 days, after the date of the holidays. '
Luttrell was about updating her skeletal display and added an inflatable Christmas tree and Santa Claus to get into the festive mind.
When on January 6, only 11 days after Christmas, she received a quote from the city.
It claimed that she was still contrary to the policy and demanded that she appeared in court before a judge on 13 February. She was confronted with fines and a judicial order that forbids her to display her skeletons.
A homeowner sues her city council because she is trying to force her to break down Halloween decorations that she repeats to match every vacation
Luttrell was about updating her skeletal display, adding an inflatable Christmas tree and Santa Claus to get into the festive mind
She also stated that city officials would enter its property to remove the display with violence.
Luttrell is now complaining to the city, where the average family income is $ 140,429 and the median property value is $ 477.703, for obstructing its first amendment rights, which causes 'irreparable damage'.
“You don't have to like my decorations, but that does not mean that Germantown has the right to force me to bring them down,” she said, according to her legal representative the basis for individual rights and expression (Fire).
“This is America. Even our local government must respect our rights. '
According to the court case of DailyMail.com, Luttrell designs her holiday displays to celebrate special events in a fun and whimsical way, giving them joy for herself, her family and people who pass by. '
“Luttrell has suffered and remains irreparable damage due to the prohibition of the holiday decorations in the first amendment-protected expression.”
Fire lawyer Colin McDonell said that there is simply no good reason for the government to ensure how and when a resident is celebrating a holiday in his own front garden. '
“When government officials try to prevent the resident from expressing their holiday tests to others, it violates the first amendment.”
Luttrell is now complaining to the city for hindering its first amendment rights, which causes 'irreparable damage'
For Valentine's Day, Luttrell has shared rainbow-colored decorations, combining a celebration of LGBT communities with the Day of Love
Her lawyer has argued that it is unconstitutional to discriminate against residents on the basis of what a public official considers subjectively as a decoration for a certain holiday
Her lawyer has argued that it is unconstitutional to discriminate against residents on the basis of what a public official considers subjectively as a decoration for a certain holiday.
“By refusing the skeletons of Alexis as an acceptable Christmas display, Germantown residents tells them that they should celebrate the right 'approved' way, even if they have a macabre sense of humor or just enjoy 'the nightmare for Christmas',' said firework.
They wondered how an official could dictate when an Orthodox Christian – who celebrates Christmas on January 7 – could set up decorations, or that a Chinese resident should remove 'Happy New Year' signs on January 31, despite the traditional New Year That starts on January 30.
Before Valentine's Day, Luttrell has shared rainbow-colored decorations, in which a celebration of LGBT communities is combined with the Day of Love.
Others can display LGBT acceptance -Memorabilia throughout the year, according to Fire. This raises questions about whether her display would be allowed.
Luttrell has demanded a jury righteous to prevent the city from enforcing quotes or statements for which it should break down its representation.
