Parks v. City of Columbus

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 off-duty police officer was a state actor because he was in uniform, identified himself as an officer, and threatened arrest
• holding that the off-duty police officer was a state actor because he was in uniform, identified himself as an officer, and threatened arrest
• holding that “the streets remained a traditional public forum notwithstanding the special[, non-exclusive] permit” that allowed a private group to operate a public Aits Festival on public streets
• holding that “the streets remained a traditional public forum notwithstanding the special[, non-exclusive] permit” that allowed a private group to operate a public Arts Festival on public streets
• noting that “other jurisdictions have been conflicted as to whether a city may transform a traditional public forum”
• finding that an off-duty police officer acted under color of state law because he was “dressed in his official police uniform,” displayed his badge, identified himself as an officer, and threatened to arrest the plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).