Sammartano v. First Judicial District Court, in and for the County of Carson City

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• explaining that judicial complexes are nonpublic forums where the government may impose reasonable and viewpoint-neutral restrictions
• noting that Ninth Circuit “easelaw clearly favors granting preliminary injunctions to a plaintiff ... who is likely to succeed on the merits of his First Amendment claim”
• holding that a government building was a nonpublic forum because it was built and operated “for the purpose of conducting the business of the county and of the municipal and state courts” and was not designated or intended to be a public forum
• noting that there must be evidence that the restriction reasonably fulfills a legitimate need, but that the government need not choose the least restrictive alternative when regulating speech in a nonpublic forum
• noting that there must be evidence that the restriction reasonably fulfills a legitimate need, but that the government need not choose the least restrictive alternative when regulating speech in a nonpublic forum
• recognizing “the significant public interest in upholding First Amendment principles”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).