Friday, August 05, 2011

Third Circuit -- Pittsburgh League of Young Vot v. Port Auth Alghny

Pittsburgh League of Young Vot v. Port Auth Alghny

 Whether agency's refusal to place certain non-commercial advertisements in its buses informing felons of their rights was an unconstitutional restriction on speech.

No decision on whether Bose or clear error is the standard of review.

No decision on whether the space is a public or nonpublic (b/c no political ads allowed) forum.

Comparator test establishes viewpoint discrimination - other noncommercial ads were accepted.
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.