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· 11/22/1976

Rebecca S. Hollenbaugh and Fred K. Philburn v. Carnegie Free Library, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania

Citations

  • 545 F.2d 382

How courts have described this case

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  • \[I]t [cannot] be said that the operation of a library constitutes private performance of a function traditionally associated with sovereignty.\
  • fact that private entity financed by government and acting ostensibly as agent for city compels conclusion that state in volvement was significant and summary-judgment inappropriate
  • actions of library administrators satisfy Burton test

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Judges: Aldisert, Gibbons, McGLYNN

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