Legal Opinion
Central Illinois Light Co. v. Citizens Utility Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 28, 1987No. Nos. 86-2886, 86-2887PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
The question presented is whether Sections 9 and 10 of the Illinois Citizens Utility Board Act (“CUB ACT”), Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 111%, §§ 909, 910 (1986), violates plaintiffs’ First Amendment right of freedom of speech under the United States Constitution. The district court 645 F.Supp. 1474, granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment based on the Supreme Court’s holding in Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Comm’n, 475 U.S. 1, 106 S.Ct. 903, 89 L.Ed.2d 1 (1986), that a forced access rule that penalizes the expression of particular points of view and forces…
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