· 5/27/1983
U.S. Southwest Africa/namibia Trade & Cultural Council v. United States of America
Citations
- 708 F.2d 760
- 228 U.S. App. D.C. 191
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 27292
How courts have described this case
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- government's interest in raising revenue could provide \substantial\ or \compelling\ state interest to justify subject matter restrictions on advertising
- government’s interest in raising revenue could provide “substantial” or “compelling” state interest to justify subject matter restrictions on advertising
- “[T]he commercial advertising displays . . . constitute a separate forum for expression from the remainder of the [airport] terminal.”
- “[I]t seems clear that the public places in these airports are far more akin to such public forums as streets and common areas than they are to such nonforums as prisons, buses, and military bases.”
- government has an interest in ensuring advertising revenue
- airport appropriate forum for political advertising
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Judges: Wright, Wald, Mikva
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