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Government,
Constitutional Law

Oct. 24, 2019

Hot potato federal case is dispute over state actor law

The city of Pasadena said a non-profit organization leasing government property was not a state actor when it canceled a Republican speaking event featuring a speaker who promotes traditional marriage, according to motion to dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit Wednesday

LOS ANGELES -- The city of Pasadena said a non-profit organization leasing government property was not a state actor when it canceled a Republican speaking event featuring a speaker who promotes traditional marriage, according to motion to dismiss a First Amendment lawsuit Wednesday.

Not only politically charged but entrenched in numerous connections to the legal community, the case has seen nine U.S. district judges either recuse t...

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