Legal Opinion
Wirta v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
California Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 1967No. S. F. 22418PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMosk, J.
We are called upon to decide whether a transit district, formed under the provisions of section 24501 et seq. of the Public Utilities Code, may constitutionally restrict the paid advertising on its motor coaches to commercial solicitation for the sale of goods and services and to issues and candidates on the ballot at the time of an election.
Plaintiffs are officers of an organization called Women for Peace, an unincorporated association operated for the purpose *53of promoting the cause of world peace through education, and to urge citizens to express their views on peace to public officials.…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Thomas v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by78 opinions
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lehman v. City of Shaker HeightsSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Police Department of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National CommitteeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Stanson v. MottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
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