Legal Opinion
Rappa v. New Castle County
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 11, 1994No. Nos. 92-7282, 92-7293PublishedCited by 211 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.1048
II. THE DELAWARE STATUTORY SCHEME.1050
III. CONTENT NEUTRALITY.1053
A. Introduction.1053
B. The Metromedia Plurality.1054
C. Analyzing Plurality Opinions — Doubts Cast by the Metromedia Concurrence and Dissents.1056
D. Applicability of the Result in Metromedia.1061
IV. CONTENT DISCRIMINATION REVISITED.1062
A. A New Test.1062
B. Application of the Test.1066
C. Summary.1068
V. SECONDARY EFFECTS.1069
VI. PUBLIC FORUM ANALYSIS.1070
VII. SEVERABILITY.1072
VIII. TIME, PLACE AND MANNER.1075
IX. QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.1077
A. Qualified Immunity of Defendant…
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