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A judge has ruled that the city does not have to reinstall the John B. Castleman statue to its long-time location, finding that the mayor “can remove the statute at will.”
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More than a dozen people are expected in a courtroom Wednesday to debate the future of the John B. Castleman statue that was removed from Cherokee Triangle in 2020.
In April, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that lower courts erred when they agreed the city properly removed the controversial John B. Castleman statue from Cherokee Triangle in 2020.
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“Without the illegal decision of the Landmark Commission, that statue would have never been removed, so now it should go back,” Attorney Steve Porter said.
Louisville won't return Castleman statue to Cherokee Triangle after Supreme Court ruling, mayor says
The high court agreed in a 6-1 vote that the city did not follow due process because two commissioners on the Historic Landmarks Commission, which voted to remove the statue, had a conflict of interest.
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The thrust of the case is not whether the statue of Castleman riding a horse, dressed in civilian clothes served as a symbol of "racist or bigoted ideology,” as former Mayor Greg Fischer has said, but whether the city followed due process in removing it.
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The monument in the Highlands was the center of controversy for years because its critics argue that Castleman is closely associated with the Confederacy and white supremacy.
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The Cherokee Triangle Architectural Review Committee is scheduled to vote on what to do with the John B. Castleman statue at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.