CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge has ruled that Charlottesville's Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law.
Judge Richard Moore's ruling came in a lawsuit filed against Charlottesville City Council members who voted in 2017 to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Moore acknowledged the controversy that has surrounded Confederate statues in recent years, and said his ruling is limited to the question of whether the Lee and Jackson statues in Charlottesville fall under the definition of war memorials in Virginia law. Moore said his ruling doesn't guarantee that the plaintiffs will win if the lawsuit goes to trial. He said he still needs to rule on several pending issues, including the city councilors' motion that they have immunity from the lawsuit.
"The important part is, does the council have legislative immunity, sort of like how a judge has judicial immunity so that the conclusions and the decisions that we make as councilors are final," Fenwick said."It was a lawful act that we did."
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