· 12/19/2003
Robert A. Neinast v. Board of Trustees of the Columbus Metropolitan Library Larry D. Black Vonzell L. Johnson
Citations
- 346 F.3d 585
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- referring to the First Amendment right to receive information in public library books as a “fundamental right”
- upholding no-shoes policy because it avoided “tort claims brought by library patrons who were injured because they were barefoot”
- Library did not deprive patron of constitutional rights by requiring him to wear footwear
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Judges: Kennedy, Gilman, Gibbons
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