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WRIGHT v. CHIEF OF TRANSIT POLICE

No. 88, Docket 75-7219.

527 F.2d 1262 (1976)

Pat WRIGHT and Jack Lieberman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHIEF OF TRANSIT POLICE, and Chairman and Members of the Board of the New York City Transit Authority, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Jordan, New York City (Rabinowitz, Boudin & Standard, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stuart Riedel, Brooklyn, N. Y. (James P. McMahon, Brooklyn, N. Y., Nancy A. Serventi, New York City, Terrance J. Nolan, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, GURFEIN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs are members of the Socialist Workers Party who have been denied permission to personally sell socialist newspapers in New York City subway stations.1 Defendants contend that this activity is prohibited by Transit Authority regulations.2

Plaintiffs sought equitable relief in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, relying on 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970) and the...

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