Coleman v. Ann Arbor Transportation Authority

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING FURTHER PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

MARK A. GOLDSMITH, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this First Amendment case, Plaintiff Blaine Coleman challenges the bus advertising policy of Defendant Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (AATA) and the rejection, under that policy, of his proposed ad, which is critical of Israel. He filed a motion for a preliminary injunction and/or temporary restraining order (Dkt. 3), arguing that the policy—which required that ads be “in good taste” and not likely to subject any “group of persons” to “scorn or ridicule”—was unconstitutional.…