In 1992, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the public library of Morristown, New Jersey, could exclude a homeless man who loitered in the facility and whose "odor was often so offensive that it prevented the library patrons from using certain areas of the Library". (Kreimer v. Bureau of Police for Town of Morristown, 1992). The court observed that the First Amendment, "additionally encompasses the positive right of public access to information and ideas". The court ultimately decided that the library is not a sidewalk where free speech is most free, but for patrons who abide by the library's reasonable rules.