Legal Opinion

Mehdi v. Boyce

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 18, 1996No. 96 Civ. 2065 (LAK)PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

KAPLAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs M.T. Mehdi, Ghazi Khankan and National Council of Islamic Affairs, acting pro se, individually and on behalf of an alleged class of American Muslims, sue WABC Radio, its former president, and its station manager, Phil Boyce, to compel WABC to include a Muslim panelist on its weeHy program entitled “Religion on the Line.” Plaintiffs’ claim, as best it may be understood, asserts a constitutional right of access to the airwaves and contends that WABC’s failure to have a Muslim on the panel violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as…

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