HALLECK v. MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ACCESS CORP.

Docket No. 16-4155 August Term 2016.

882 F.3d 300 (2018)

Deedee HALLECK, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ACCESS CORPORATION, Daniel Coughlin, Jeanette Santiago, Cory Bryce, City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Perry , Brooklyn, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael B. de Leeuw , ( Tamar S. Wise , on the brief), Cozen O'Connor, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees Manhattan Community Access Corporation, Daniel Coughlin, Jeanette Santiago and Cory Bryce.

Scott N. Shorr , Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York, NY ( Zachary W. Carter , Corp. Counsel of the City of New York, Claude S. Platton , Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee City of New York.

Before: NEWMAN, JACOBS, and LOHIER, Circuit Judges.


This appeal presents the issue of whether the First Amendment's limitation on governmental restriction of free speech applies, in the circumstances of this case, to the operators of public access television channels. More specifically, the main issue is whether the Amendment applies to employees of a non-profit corporation...

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