Editing Euless, Texas (section)

==History==
Euless is named after Elisha Adam Euless, a native of [[Tennessee]] who moved to Texas in 1867 and later bought {{convert|170|acre|km2}} of land on the current intersection of North Main St. and West Euless Boulevard. Euless started a [[cotton gin]] and a [[community center]] on his property and quickly became a prominent figure among other settlers. He was eventually elected county sheriff, both in 1892 and in 1894, after which Euless retired for health reasons. They{{discuss}} developed around the land Euless owned, and the locals decided to name the city in honor of him.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eulesstx.gov/history/|title=History - City of Euless|website=www.eulesstx.gov|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-date=2019-06-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621022344/http://www.eulesstx.gov/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===''Merced vs Kasson''===
In 2009 the U.S. [[Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals]] sided against the City of Euless in ''Merced vs Kasson''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/08/08-10358-CV0.wpd.pdf|title=Fifth circuit|publisher=United States Court of Appeals|date=July 31, 2009}}</ref> The city had tried to prohibit Mr. Merced (a Santeria priest) from practicing religious animal sacrifice in his home temple. The Court found that the city ordinances substantially burdened Mr. Merced's free exercise of religion and ordered that Mr. Merced could continue to practice his religious rituals. Also, the city was ordered to pay the plaintiff's court fees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/if-nothing-else-we-learn-that-in-a-fight-over-a-goat-sacrifice-the-goat-always-loses-7139701|title = If Nothing else, We Learn That in a Fight over a Goat Sacrifice, the Goat Always Loses}}</ref>