· 1/28/2008
Arizona Life Coalition Inc. v. Stanton
Citations
- 515 F.3d 956
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 1795
- 2008 WL 217012
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that speech opposing abortion is not speech that promotes faith or a specific religion
- holding that the denial of a specialty license plate application on the basis that the government chose not to enter the Choose Life/Pro-Choice debate was viewpoint discriminatory
- holding that the denial of a specialty license plate application on the basis that the government chose not to enter the Choose Life/Pro-Choice debate was viewpoint discriminatory
- explaining that the extra amount charged for a “special organization [license] plate” is not a tax because the government does not require a special plate
- striking down Arizona’s custom plate program and noting the “potential constitutional problems when government officials are given unbridled discretion in regulating speech, even in limited public fora”
- striking down Arizona’s custom 9 plate program and noting the “potential constitutional problems when government 10 officials are given unbridled discretion in regulating speech, even in limited public 11 fora”
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Judges: Thompson, Tallman, Duffy
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