Legal Opinion

Rodney Keister v. Stuart Bell

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided January 23, 2018No. 17-11347PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAY, District Judge:

Rodney Keister appeals the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction. Mr. Keister sought to enjoin University of Alabama (“UA”) officials from applying UA’s grounds use policy to the intersection of University Boulevard and Hackberry Lane. Application of this grounds use policy prevents him from speaking on UA’s campus unless he complies with its terms. Because the district court properly found the intersection is a limited public forum within UA’s campus, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Mr. Keister is a traveling Christian evangelist who claims he is called to publicly…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Widmar v. VincentSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. United States v. GraceSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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3Cited by59 opinions

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