Legal Opinion
Fitzgerald v. National Rifle Ass'n of America
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided September 23, 1974No. Civ. A. 772-73PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WHIPPLE, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs have petitioned this Court for an Order requiring the defendant, National Rifle Association of America, (NRA), to publish certain advertising in The American Rifleman, NRA’s official journal. On behalf of Fitzgerald, plaintiffs submitted an advertisement concerning Fitzgerald’s candidacy for the NRA’s Board of Directors, which defendants refused to publish.
The 75 member Board consists of, and is elected by, so-called “life members” of the NRA. There are approximately 146,000 members in this category, while “annual members” number more than…
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