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From: Robert.Berry@samba (Robert Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Public forums
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Date: 18 Dec 90 23:40:32 GMT
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Actually, as far as I know, the most recent precedent regarding the public
forum status of shopping malls is the case of Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner in 1972.
In that case the Supreme Court denied that shopping malls were sufficiently
dedicated to public use to make them public forums.  In that sense, then,
they can "restrict free-speech activities," although there is no First
Amendment question involved -- no state action.

As far as Prodigy goes, they are free to use whatever criteria they wish
in deciding what to publish on their system and what to do with any information
submitted to it.  As far as I am concerned that includes reading mail messages,
unless they have agreed contractually not to do so.  (And of course I would
much prefer that they did.)