Legal Opinion
Concerned Women for America, Inc. And Jolene Cox v. Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1989No. 88-4743PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
In this first amendment civil rights action, Concerned Women for America (“CWA”) and Jolene Cox, its Mississippi representative, sought declaratory and in-junctive relief against the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library because of its refusal to allow a CWA Prayer Chapter the use of its auditorium. On appeal, we are asked to consider whether the district court erred in concluding that the library had created a public forum, rather than a limited public forum, by allowing various community groups to hold their meetings in its auditorium, and thus erred in…
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