Us Supreme Court Court February 1995 Judgments

Lebron Vs. National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Court: US Supreme Court

Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation - 513 U.S. 374 (1995) OCTOBER TERM, 1994 Syllabus LEBRON v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 93-1525. Argued November 7, 1994-Decided February 21, 1995 Petitioner Lebron, who creates billboard displays that comment on public issues, filed suit claiming, inter alia, that respondent National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) had violated his First Amendment rights by rejecting a display for an Amtrak billboard because of its political nature. The District Court ruled that Amtrak, because of its close ties to the Federal Government, was a Government actor for First Amendment purposes, and that its rejection of the display was unconstitutional. The Court of Appeals reversed, noting that Amtrak was, by the terms of the legislation that created it, not a Government entity, and concluding that the Government was not so involved with Amtrak that ...