LOS ANGELES (AP) — A soccer fan says in a lawsuit that the California Department of Motor Vehicles violated his First Amendment rights by rejecting a personalized license plate he said would celebrate his favorite team, but which the DMV determined might be deemed offensive.
Jon Kotler applied for a plate that would read"COYW," an acronym of the slogan"Come on You Whites" used by supporters of London-based Fulham Football Club, according to the federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Fulham players wear white jerseys.
The department's rejection of the application violated his right to freedom of speech, said Kotler, a lawyer and constitutional scholar at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.Kotler's suit asks the court to declare the Department of Motor Vehicles' criteria for personalized license plates unconstitutional. He also wants the department to pay his court costs.
In its rejection letter to Kotler, the Department of Motor Vehicles acknowledged the difficulties in balancing"an individual's constitutional right to free speech and expression while protecting the sensibilities of all segments of our population." Constitutional scholar David L. Hudson said courts are often split in cases claiming censorship over personalized plates.
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