(FORTUNE Magazine) – NEWARK, N.J. -- Libraries should not . . . exclude people based on personal appearance and hygiene, a judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge H. Lee Sarokin ruled that regulations adopted by a New Jersey library . . . violated the First Amendment by curtailing access to books, newspapers, and other library materials . . . The rules were imposed by the Joint Free Public Library of Morristown and Morris Township. Attorneys for the library had argued that its more cleanly patrons were falling ill from the smells of the homeless and being bothered by their staring . . . The American Civil Liberties Union and attorneys for a homeless man, Richard Kreimer, challenged the rules, which prohibited loitering, staring at people, and hygiene that is a nuisance to other patrons . . . Those who stared, stunk, or didn't have reading material in front of them could be thrown out, as Kreimer was several times. ''I thought Judge Sarokin's ruling was very fair, very honest . . . very socially correct,'' Kreimer said. -- From an AP dispatch.