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A US appeals court will review its prior order that returned banned books to shelves in Texas
A federal appeals court in New Orleans is taking another look at its own order requiring a Texas county to keep eight books on public library shelves that deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism. Llano County officials had removed 17 books from its shelves amid complaints about the subject matter. Seven library patrons claimed the books were illegally removed in a lawsuit against county officials. A U.S. district judge ruled last year that the books must be returned. On June 6, a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals split three ways on the...
U.S. appeals court will review its prior order in a Texas county's library book ban case
Llano County officials have argued that they have broad authority to decide which books belong on library shelves, while library patrons who sued the county said removing the books -- which deal with subjects including sex, gender identity and racism -- constitutes an illegal government squelching of viewpoints,
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