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The statue has stood in the center of the Covington Square for 116 years. Archives | The Covington News
DECISION CONTINUED FROM PAGE 51 affirm the dismissal of Humphries’s complaint for a lack of standing as to her claim for injunctive relief, but it was right to affirm the dismissal of the complaints filed by the various Sons of Confederate Veterans groups.”
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But the ruling also stated that none of the plaintiffs could collect damages they sought in their original lawsuit — first filed in July 2020 — from Newton County government because they could not prove they had been harmed in some way by the Covington statue’s removal because it is still standing, they said.
It may be another year, or longer, before area residents find out what will become of one of Covington’s oldest, most controversial and recognizable markers.
Publisher Gabriel Stovall contributed to this article.
