Legal Opinion
Children of the Rosary v. City of Phoenix
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 28, 1998No. 97-16821PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Justice WHITE; Dissent by Judge NOONAN.
WHITE, Associate Justice (Ret.):
The issue presented in this appeal is whether there is a likelihood that limiting advertising on municipal buses to “speech which proposes a commercial transaction” violates the First Amendment. We hold that there is not a sufficient likelihood of a constitutional violation to justify the grant of a *975preliminary injunction and affirm the district court.
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The city of Phoenix sells advertising space on the exterior panels of its buses for the purpose of raising revenue. Prior to November 1, 1996, the city’s…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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