NEW YORK MAGAZINE v. METROPOLITAN TRANSP. AUTH.

No. 1645, Dockets 97-9511, 97-9519.

136 F.3d 123 (1998)

NEW YORK MAGAZINE, A DIVISION OF PRIMEDIA MAGAZINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY and The City of New York, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Decided January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia B. Paul, New York City (Gregory J. Ikonen, Kay, Collyer & Boose, LLP, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kenneth A. Plevan, New York City (Jeremy A. Berman, Esther S. Trakinski, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant The Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Elizabeth I. Freedman, New York City (Jeffrey D. Friedlander, Acting Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Leonard Koerner, John R. Low-Beer, and Yair S. Goldstein, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant The City of New York.

(David Zwiebel, Morton M. Avigdor, New York City), for Amicus Curiae Agudath Israel of America.

(Victor A. Kovner, Alexandra Nicholson, Lankenau Kovner Kurtz & Outten, LLP; Slade R. Metcalf, Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Sheinfeld, LLP; Jerry S. Birenz, Sabin, Bermant & Gould; Yvette Miller, Gruner & Jahr USA Publishing, New York City), for Amicus Curiae Magazine Publishers of America, Inc.

(Arthur N. Eisenberg, Norman Siegel, Christopher Dunn, New York City), for Amicus Curiae New York Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Before: OAKES, CARDAMONE and CALABRESI, JJ.


OAKES, Senior Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ["MTA"], a public benefit corporation created by the State of New York, may refuse to display on its buses an advertisement that refers by first name to the Mayor of New York City, based on MTA's belief that the advertisement violates § 50 of the New York Civil Rights Law. Plaintiff New York Magazine, a division of Primedia Magazines, Inc. [collectively...

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