Entertainment Software Ass'n v. Chicago Transit Authority

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.

This case presents the question whether Defendant Chicago Transit Authority (“CTA”), a governmental entity, may prohibit commercial advertisements for mature-content video games on its trains, buses and facilities without running afoul of the First Amendment. On January 1, 2009, the CTA implemented an ordinance prohibiting any advertisement which “markets or identifies” a video or computer game with a “Mature” (“M”) or “Adults Only” (“AO”) rating. The CTA has no similar restrictions on advertisements for films or television…