Legal Opinion
Lebron v. National RR Passenger Corp.(Amtrak)
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 8, 1993No. 92 Civ. 9411(PNL)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LEVAL, District Judge.
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
This is a so-called “Bivens” action, 1 brought under the First Amendment by an artist, Michael A. Lebrón, would-be lessor of a gigantic billboard in New York’s Pennsylvania Station. The primary defendant is Amtrak, the National Passenger Railroad Corporation, which, as owner of the billboard, rejected the two-month lease plaintiff had contracted for with Amtrak’s leasing agent because plaintiff’s display was “political.” Plaintiff contends the rejection was inconsistent with the requirements of the First Amendment.…
2Cases cited57 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corp (Amtrak)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Drake v. Delta Airlines, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1996
- Streetwatch v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1995
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