Overview

• Norfolk Superior Court Judge William F. Sullivan took the plaintiffs’ injunction request and the city’s motion to dismiss under advisement after Friday’s hearing.
• The ACLU represents 16 residents of varied faiths who seek to block the display and halt further taxpayer spending estimated at about $850,000.
• Quincy argues the 10-foot bronze figures of St. Michael and St. Florian are secular tributes intended to inspire first responders, not promote Catholicism.
• Police and fire unions intervened in support of installation, asserting the saints serve as established symbols of their professions.
• The city solicitor said the statues are expected to arrive in roughly five weeks, and the judge said he will issue a decision before then.