Court Reaffirms Dim View of 3 Million Yule Lights

The state Supreme Court has refused to set aside its order dimming a man’s eye-popping display of 3 million Christmas lights.

After neighbors filed a lawsuit, Jennings Osborne was ordered Dec. 5 to tone down his display enough to reduce the crowds that have been drawn to his well-to-do neighborhood.

Osborne asked the court to let him turn on the lights and music at his home while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews whether his religious rights were violated. He also argued that the high court’s ruling was too broad. Both arguments were rejected in Friday’s decision.