Legal Opinion
Aids Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 9, 1994No. 94-1116PublishedCited by 173 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, we must decide whether defendant-appellant Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) acted constitutionally in declining to run in its subway and trolley cars seven public service advertisements composed by plaintiff-appellee AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc. (AAC). The ads promote the use of condoms to help stop the spread of the virus which causes AIDS, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”). The district court ruled that the MBTA’s actions contravened the First Amendment, and issued an injunction which, inter alia, ordered…
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