WIRTA v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DIST.

Docket No. S.F. 22418.

68 Cal.2d 51 (1967)

434 P.2d 982

64 Cal. Rptr. 430

FRANCES WIRTA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ALAMEDA-CONTRA COSTA TRANSIT DISTRICT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Nisbet, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Caspar W. Weinberger and M. Laurence Popofsky for Defendants and Appellants.

Joseph R. Grodin and Marshall W. Krause for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


MOSK, J.

We are called upon to decide whether a transit district, formed under the provisions of section 24501 et seq. of the Public Utilities Code, may constitutionally restrict the paid advertising on its motor coaches to commercial solicitation for the sale of goods and services and to issues and candidates on the ballot at the time of an election.

Plaintiffs are officers of an organization called Women for Peace, an unincorporated association operated...

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