AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE v. METROPOLITAN TRANSP.

No. 11 Civ. 6774 (PAE).

880 F.Supp.2d 456 (2012)

AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE INITIATIVE et al., Plaintiffs, v. METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Eliezer Yerushalmi , American Freedom Law Center, Brooklyn, NY, Robert J. Muise , American Freedom Law Center, Erin Elizabeth Mersino , Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Peter Andrew Sistrom , Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York, NY, Richard Schoolman , NYC Transportation Authority, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendants.


OPINION & ORDER

PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge:

This case involves a challenge under the First Amendment to the refusal by the Metropolitan Transit Authority ("MTA"), the public authority which provides mass transit in the New York City metropolitan area, to permit a political advertisement to run on the exteriors of buses in New York City.

Plaintiff American Freedom Defense Initiative ("AFDI") is a pro-Israeli advocacy organization...

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