Legal Opinion
Melodi Navab-Safavi v. Broadcasting Board of Govenors
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 2011No. 09-5388PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE.
SENTELLE, Chief Judge:
In July 2007, appellee Melodi Navab-Safavi, then a contractor for the Persian News Network of the Voice of America, appeared in a music video that criticized the United States’ involvement in Iraq. Voice of America, overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, terminated Navab-Safavi’s contract and Navab-Safavi thereafter filed this action against the Board and several of its officials, alleging violations of the First and Fifth Amendments. The defendant officials moved to dismiss on several grounds, including…
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