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· 1/19/2001

Marlin v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics

Citations

  • 236 F.3d 716
  • 344 U.S. App. D.C. 349
  • 2001 U.S. App. LEXIS 685
  • 2001 WL 43007

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the interiors of polling places are nonpublic forums
  • interior of polling place a nonpublic forum because of \longstanding limitations on polling place speech\
  • “That narrower regulations might be as effective or more so . . . does not invalidate the means . . . chosen.”
  • “That narrower regulations might be as effective or more so . . . does not invalidate the means . . . chosen.”
  • “That narrower regulations might be as effective or more so ... does not invalidate the means the District has chosen.”
  • “The forum here, the interior of a polling place, is neither a traditional public forum nor a government- designated one. It is not available for general public discourse of any sort.” (citing Burson, 504 U.S. at 201-06)

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Judges: Garland, Henderson, Randolph

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