Court Dismisses Claim by Barefoot Man
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who sued the Columbus Metropolitan Library after he was asked to leave because he was barefoot.
Robert A. Neinast said he regularly goes barefoot, and his constitutional right to get information had been infringed by the policy that he could not use the library without wearing shoes.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, reaffirming a lower court ruling.
``In this case, as long as Neinast wears shoes, he may receive information in the library,'' Judge Julia S. Gibbons wrote for an unanimous three-judge panel.
Neinast was asked several times between 1997 and 2001 to leave the Columbus library for being barefoot.
Don't you think one should have rights to walk barefoot? I have friends who do and no one in libraries complain.
CINCINNATI (AP) - A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by a man who sued the Columbus Metropolitan Library after he was asked to leave because he was barefoot.
Robert A. Neinast said he regularly goes barefoot, and his constitutional right to get information had been infringed by the policy that he could not use the library without wearing shoes.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, reaffirming a lower court ruling.
``In this case, as long as Neinast wears shoes, he may receive information in the library,'' Judge Julia S. Gibbons wrote for an unanimous three-judge panel.
Neinast was asked several times between 1997 and 2001 to leave the Columbus library for being barefoot.
Don't you think one should have rights to walk barefoot? I have friends who do and no one in libraries complain.
