Legal Opinion
Providence Journal Co. v. City of Newport
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided June 12, 1987No. Civ. A. 86-0320-PPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
PETTINE, Senior District Judge.
The question presented by this case is whether a municipality may ban the placement of coin-operated newspaper vending machines, known as newsracks, upon its public rights of way. The plaintiffs, five newspaper publishers, have brought suit under 42 U.S.C. sections 1983 and 1988 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the city of Newport, Rhode Island, which recently enacted such a ban. The jurisdiction of the court is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sections 1331 (federal question) and 1343 (civil rights).
Presently before the court are…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Perry Education Ass'n v. Perry Local Educators' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Sentinel Communications Co. v. WattsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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- Chicago Newspaper Publishers Ass'n v. City of WheatonDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Gannett Satellite Information Network, Inc. v. BergerDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1989
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