What is the test for First Amendment protection in motor coach advertising?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Women's Intern. League for Peace and Freedom, Fresno Branch v. City of Fresno, 223 Cal.Rptr. 182 (Cal. App. 1986):
In Wirta one form of expression was before the court, advertisements in publicly owned and operated motor coaches. The advertisements were of two kinds. One, the commercial message, did not enjoy First Amendment protection. (Wirta v. Alameda-Contra Costa Transit Dist., supra, 68 Cal.2d 51, 57, 64 Cal.Rptr. 430, 434 P.2d 982.) The other, political advertising, was undeniably protected. (Id., at p. 54, 64 Cal.Rptr. 430, 434 P.2d 982.) Wirta' precise holding was:
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