Supreme Court Declines To Review Nativity Case

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court yesterday decided not to review a New York City policy that bans public school displays of nativity scenes but allows Santa Claus, reindeers, Christmas trees and symbols of Jewish and Islamic holidays.

The nation's highest court chose not to re-examine an appeals court decision against the claim filed by Andrea Skoros, a Catholic mother of two sons who attended public schools. She first filed the case in 2002 in Brooklyn federal court.

Ms. Skoros had claimed that the city's policy conveyed a message of disapproval toward Christianity.