Rodney Keister v. Stuart Bell, in His Official Capacity as President of the University of Alabama, et al.

Except in the unique setting of a military installation, this Court has never held that a public sidewalk running alongside a public street was anything but a traditional public forum. Here, the Eleventh Circuit reached a contrary result. The questions presented are:

1. Does the presence of adjacent college campus buildings negate the First Amendment public forum status of a sidewalk running along a public street?

2. Did the Eleventh Circuit err by holding that a virtual ban on leafletting and street preaching on a public sidewalk is not likely to violate the First Amendment right to free speech?