Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. District of Columbia Public Library
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided August 21, 2001No. Civil Action 94-0392(EGS)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SULLIVAN, District Judge
Plaintiff Richard Armstrong, a homeless man, challenges the District of Columbia Public Library’s appearance regulation that he claims Library personnel applied against him to deny him access to the Martin Luther King Memorial Library (the “Library”), because of his “objectionable appearance.” Armstrong has named as defendants the District of Columbia, the D.C. Public Library and its Director, Dr. Hardy Franklin, as well as eight members of the Library Board of Trustees, and two unnamed Library employees. The Director and trustees are sued…
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