Robert J. Wright v. Lane County Commissioners, Lane County Bar Association
Opinion
Opinion
Robert J. Wright appeals a District Court order dismissing his complaint, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 (3), against the Lane County, Oregon, .Board of Commissioners and the Lane County Bar Association. We affirm.
Oregon statutes provide that each county may utilize part of its litigation filing fees to maintain a county law library. ORS 9.840 and 9.850. The library is to be located at the county seat, and is to be “available at all reasonable times to the use of litigants, and permitted to be used by all attorneys at law duly admitted to practice in this state * * ORS 21.350(2). The Board maintains such a library in the county courthouse in Eugene.
On March 3, 1971, the Board limited the use of the law library by the general public to 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. on all days when the courthouse is open for public business. Noting that the University of Oregon Law School Library was open during evenings and weekends, the Board provided security precautions to reduce the risk of damage to courthouse property and personnel. The library is still open to judges, their staff members and officers of the court at all times.