Legal Opinion
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County School Board
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 2009No. 06-14633PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
Kafka advised a friend that “we ought to read only books that bite and sting us. If the book we are reading doesn’t shake us awake like a blow on the skull, why bother reading it in the first place?”1 The kind of biting, stinging, and shaking Kafka advocated, however, is not the kind we feel when we read a purportedly nonfiction book filled with factual errors, distortions, and misrepresentations. Juan Amador was outraged when he read the inaccurate portrayal of life in Cuba that was contained in a book on the shelves of the library where his young daughter [R:19:397]…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by162 opinions
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- Patricia Kennedy v. Floridian Hotel, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2021
- Dorothy McCullum v. Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Bloedorn v. GrubeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
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