| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
|---|
| Mou v. City of San Jose et al | November 13, 2007 | May 15, 2008 |
| Complaint against library for banning patron after altercation (allegedly by another). |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University et al | April 28, 2008 | May 13, 2008 |
| Libel case based on microfilm of old newspaper article. |
| Tajalle v. City of Seattle et al | September 27, 2007 | May 6, 2008 |
| First Amendment, Search and Seizure, Unlawful Ejectment claims against library by disabled person. |
| Wareham Free Library et al v. Wareham, Town of et al | September 25, 2007 | April 29, 2008 |
| Claim that public library and its trustees improperly transferred public monies to a private library foundation. |
| Vanginderen v. Cornell University | October 29, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Libel claim - claims university's digitization of campus newspaper constituted "re-publication" thus reviving claim that would ordinarily be extinguished over twenty years ago. Disclosure of private facts claim. |
| Hunt v. Hillsborough County et al | July 3, 2007 | April 28, 2008 |
| Claim that library patrons should be able to bring their own scanners instead of paying to use photocopy machine. |
| Bradburn et al v. North Central Regional Library District | November 16, 2006 | April 23, 2008 |
| First Amendment claim against library for overblocking websites with its filters, and not disabling the filters on request |
| Martinez v. Ferguson Library et al | August 8, 2007 | April 18, 2008 |
| Americans with Disabilities lawsuit - claim that library has architectural barriers e.g. only stairs to third floor. |
| CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON v. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION | January 10, 2007 | April 3, 2008 |
| Freedom of Information Act claim |
| John and Jane Does v. Thacker et al | September 28, 2007 | March 25, 2008 |
| Pro se complaint that public library is setting unnecessarily short time limits on users of Internet terminals. |
| Worthy v. Library of Congress Copyright Office | November 13, 2007 | February 22, 2008 |
| Faith Center Church Evengelist Ministries et al v. Glover et al | July 30, 2004 | January 18, 2008 |
| First Amendment claim by religious group who claims that a public library is not allowing it to hold services in the meeting room. 6/07 Plaintiff has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn 9th Circuit decision. |
| Recorded Books, LLC v. OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. | May 31, 2007 | November 30, 2007 |
| Breach of contract, copyright, Lanham Act claims against OCLC/NetLibrary |
| Williams v. Grand Rapids Public Library | September 8, 2006 | November 9, 2007 |
| Due Process, Equal Protection claims by patron who says he was told to leave the library because he looked at topless women on his own laptop (not on the Internet). Librarian was not representing library policy, which only forbid "obscenity" not nudity, so Library not liable. |
| Carter v. Cheyenne Public Library | October 1, 2007 | October 26, 2007 |
| Pro se complaint, First, Fourth and other Constitutional Amendments. |
| Doyle v. McConagha et al | January 3, 2007 | October 4, 2007 |
| Due process claim by library patron after he was barred from the library, for allegedly harassing another patron |
| Internet Archive v. Shell | August 31, 2006 | May 29, 2007 |
| Copyright infringement claim |
| Baum et al v. Maplewood City Library et al | March 13, 2006 | February 28, 2007 |
| First Amendment claim against library that its filters overblock websites with constitutionally protected speech, such as hate speech. Consent judgment requires libraries to disable filters on request by adults for bona fide purposes, and to stop overblocking beyond CIPA categories. (e.g. must not... |
| Doe et al v. City of Worcester et al | July 6, 2006 | December 21, 2006 |
| Equal protection and First Amendment challenge by patrons and homeless coalition based on different borrowing privileges based on permanent address status. Settlement agreement reached and posted here. |
| Parr v. Board of Trustees for the Twin Falls Public Library | May 25, 2006 | November 3, 2006 |
| First Amendment claim by patron who says he was denied access to library computers. Dismissed because patron did not claim actual injury - he was able to use computers at another library. |
| Marino v. Board of Trustees of the Columbus Metropolitan Library | February 3, 2006 | March 29, 2006 |
| Challenges library behavior code. Withdrawn complaint. |
| Citizens For Community Values, Inc v. Upper Arlington Public Library Board of Trustees | March 7, 2008 | |
| Shapiro v. City of Virginia Beach Central Library | June 7, 2006 | |
| Americans with Disabilities Act claim |
