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PETA Ads

A federal court in Texas refused to dismiss PETA's freedom of speech suit over an advertisement it attempted to place on Texas A&M University transit system buses, finding the animal rights group has sufficiently stated a claim that the university’s restriction of advertisements for political campaigns, viewpoints or endorsements is “plausibly confusing.”

HOUSTON — A federal court in Texas refused to dismiss PETA's freedom of speech suit over an advertisement it attempted to place on Texas A&M University's transit system buses, finding the animal rights group has sufficiently stated a claim that the university’s restriction of advertisements for political campaigns, viewpoints or endorsements is “plausibly confusing.”

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