Legal Opinion
Frissell v. Rizzo
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 20, 1979No. 78-1863PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
In this civil rights action we consider when, if ever, a citizen and taxpayer is entitled to bring suit to redress a First Amendment injury to his relationship with a newspaper. The district court dismissed the complaint for want of standing. We conclude that, while in some instances of First Amendment injury recognition of a newspaper reader’s standing might be proper, this case is not one of them. We therefore affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW
This lawsuit arises out of a dispute between Mayor Frank Rizzo of Philadelphia *843and the Philadelphia…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Western Mining Council v. WattCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Rocks v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- George Basiardanes v. City of GalvestonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- District of Columbia Common Cause v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Peterkin v. JeffesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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