Legal Opinion
Janette Hopper, and Sharon Rupp v. City of Pasco, and Arts Council of the Mid-Columbia Region
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 15, 2001No. 98-35795PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge GOULD.
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This case is a study in the politics and law of public art. Janette Hopper and Sharon Rupp are artists whose works were excluded from public display at the Pasco City Hall Gallery in Pasco, Washington, because city officials deemed their art too *1070“controversial.” As the district court put it: “The gist of the case is that plaintiffs were invited to display their work at city hall, and then summarily disinvited when their submissions provoked controversy.” The parties agree that the art is…
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