PUTNAM PIT, INC. v. CITY OF COOKEVILLE, TENN.

No. 98-6438.

221 F.3d 834 (2000)

The PUTNAM PIT, INC.; Geoffrey Davidian, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF COOKEVILLE, TENESSEE; Jim Shipley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed July 19, 2000


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Harris (argued and briefed), Harris Law Firm, Cookeville, TN, for Appellants.

John C. Duffy (argued and briefed), Watson, Hollow & Reeves, Knoxville, TN, for Appellees.

Jane E. Kirtley (briefed), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for Amicus Curiae.

Before: JONES, BOGGS, and COLE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff, Geoffrey Davidian, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on his claims that the City of Cookeville, Tennessee, and its city manager, Jim Shipley, violated his First Amendment rights by: 1) failing to provide him copies of or access to electronic information held by the city, and 2) refusing to establish a hypertext link from the city's Web site to the Web site of his publication, The Putnam Pit...

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