This digest provides information pertaining to transit systems\u27 use of various strategies to implement advertising content policies that further the system\u27s reasonable interests and protect free speech rights. The digest is based on a comprehensive review of the prevailing U.S. Appellate and Supreme Court decisions involving First Amendment challenges in the context of transit advertising. This digest should be useful to transit administrators, policy staff, program developers, and attorneys
The Supreme Court’s commercial speech doctrine is fundamentally based on the premise that advertisin...
This March, in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, the California Supreme Court upheld San Diego\...
In 1970, Harry Lehman, a candidate for election to the Ohio state legislature, attempted to purchase...
Public transportation systems carry millions of daily commuters and provide a valuable platform for ...
This recent case discusses Wirta v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Cal. 1967)
The Supreme Court, in a few cases scattered over several decades, has implied the existence of a pub...
Governmental regulation of commercial advertising has become a major focus of challenges to establis...
School buses, a practical necessity for millions of chil-dren, are at the center of new efforts to r...
The extent to which the government should have the ability to regulate vice products and activitie...
State and local governments seeking to address the proliferation of billboards and other outdoor adv...
Over the past two decades, corporations and other commercial entities have used strategic litigation...
During the past 15 years, the U. S. Supreme Court has used Central Hudson Gas v. Public Service Comm...
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech. Courts categorize ...
The decision of Metpath, Inc. v. Imperato is indicative of the growing trend of the judiciary toward...
In Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981), 33 ZD 238, the U.S. Supreme Court, al...
The Supreme Court’s commercial speech doctrine is fundamentally based on the premise that advertisin...
This March, in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, the California Supreme Court upheld San Diego\...
In 1970, Harry Lehman, a candidate for election to the Ohio state legislature, attempted to purchase...
Public transportation systems carry millions of daily commuters and provide a valuable platform for ...
This recent case discusses Wirta v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (Cal. 1967)
The Supreme Court, in a few cases scattered over several decades, has implied the existence of a pub...
Governmental regulation of commercial advertising has become a major focus of challenges to establis...
School buses, a practical necessity for millions of chil-dren, are at the center of new efforts to r...
The extent to which the government should have the ability to regulate vice products and activitie...
State and local governments seeking to address the proliferation of billboards and other outdoor adv...
Over the past two decades, corporations and other commercial entities have used strategic litigation...
During the past 15 years, the U. S. Supreme Court has used Central Hudson Gas v. Public Service Comm...
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects freedom of speech. Courts categorize ...
The decision of Metpath, Inc. v. Imperato is indicative of the growing trend of the judiciary toward...
In Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981), 33 ZD 238, the U.S. Supreme Court, al...
The Supreme Court’s commercial speech doctrine is fundamentally based on the premise that advertisin...
This March, in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, the California Supreme Court upheld San Diego\...
In 1970, Harry Lehman, a candidate for election to the Ohio state legislature, attempted to purchase...