A judge in Louisville has given the city the go-ahead to remove an 1895 Confederate monument by dismissing a lawsuit that sought to keep it at its original site.
In a written ruling, Jefferson Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman determined that the city had the right to remove the stone obelisk near the University of Louisville that was built as a tribute to dead Confederate soldiers. Mayor Greg Fischer has pledged to have the monument cleaned and moved to a new location, though that site has not been chosen.
Burkman's ruling echoed her orders after a May 25 hearing over a restraining order she issued that temporarily halted the statue's removal.
A call to attorney Thomas McAdam, who is representing the Sons of Confederate Veterans, has not been returned as of this afternoon.