James L. Pouillon v. City of Owosso Sergeant Sharon Little and Officer W. G. Blanchett

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• steps leading to city hall are traditional public forum as they are “in the highest degree linked, traditionally, with the expression of opinion”
• “However, where the legal question of qualified immunity turns upon which version of the facts one accepts, the jury, not the judge, must determine liability.”
• “[I]n the absence of a showing that the steps of this public building have been traditionally restricted, we hold that the steps ... are a traditional public forum.”
• “Judgment as a matter of law is appropriate only when there is a complete absence of fact to support the verdict, so that no reasonable juror could have found for the nonmoving party.”
• quotation clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which and ellipses omitted
• ten-acre public square surrounding Ohio State Capitol is a public forum

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