· 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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