COAL. FOR ABORTION RIGHTS v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSP.

No. CIV-83-388C.

584 F.Supp. 985 (1984)

COALITION FOR ABORTION RIGHTS AND AGAINST STERILIZATION ABUSE, Plaintiff, v. NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY; Raymond F. Gallagher, Chairman, NFTA; John F. Downing, Executive Director, NFTA; Niagara Frontier Transit Metro System, Inc.; J.M. Heinen, Vice-President for Finance, NFTMS, Defendants.

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

January 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

National Lawyers Guild, Buffalo Chapter, Buffalo, N.Y. (Ellen M. Yacknin, and Laraine Kelley, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Timothy J. Toohey, Gen. Counsel for Niagara Frontier Transp. Authority, Buffalo, N.Y., (David M. Coffey, Buffalo, N.Y. of counsel), for defendants.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

The Coalition for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse [CARASA] claims that the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority [NFTA] has improperly denied them access to advertising space on City buses. CARASA seeks both declaratory and injunctive relief for an alleged violation of first and fourteenth amendment rights.

Defendants moved to dismiss. CARASA, thereafter, filed an amended complaint, which shall be permitted under the...

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