Aikin v. United States

How later courts describe this case

• rejecting a church/state claim on state constitutional grounds and holding that fairgrounds where a cross was displayed is a distinctly secular environment among people seeking distinctly secular entertainment
• rejecting a churcb/state claim on state constitutional grounds and holding that fairgrounds where a cross was displayed is a distinctly secular environment among people seeking distinctly secular entertainment
• 50-foot cross on city fair grounds does not violate Oklahoma constitution due to commercial nature of the surrounding environment
• 50-foot permanent Latin cross, sponsored by Council of Churches, on public fairgrounds and maintained at public expense
• cross erected on city fair grounds held not to violate state constitution because state money was not being used to support or benefit a particular sect
• presence of Latin Cross on fair grounds is constitutional because of distinct, secular, commercial environment
• Attorney General’s decision under 19 U.S.C. § 1618 is not reviewable
• Attorney General has unreviewable discretion over remission or mitigation of forfeitures