Legal Opinion
American Freedom Defense Initiative v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 20, 2013No. Civil Action No. 13-12803-NMGPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
GORTON, District Judge.
This case involves a First Amendment challenge to the rejection of an advertisement by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”), an independent authority that provides mass public transit in the Boston metropolitan area.
The dispute arose after the American Freedom Defense Initiative (“AFDI”), a non-profit advocacy organization known for its provocative public transit advertising campaigns, submitted an advertisement (“the AFDI Pro-Israel Advertisement”) to the MBTA that read: “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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