Legal Opinion
Christ's Bride Ministries, Inc. v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Transportation Display's Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 25, 1998No. 96-1829PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) refused to display an advertisement stating that “Women Who Choose Abortion Suffer More & Deadlier Breast Cancer.” We must decide in this appeal whether, in doing so, SEPTA, a regional transportation authority, violated the First Amendment rights of the advertiser, Christ’s Bride Ministries, Inc. (CBM). The district court found, after conducting a bench trial, that the First Amendment was not violated because the advertising space at issue did not constitute a public forum and because SEPTA…
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