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# Lawsuit: WCW Sues Maryland Transit Over Censored Kitten Lab Ads
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/lawsuit-wcw-sues-maryland-transit-over-censored-kitten-lab-ads/
- Published: 2018-10-05T14:38:40.000Z
- Updated: 2018-10-11T15:22:17.000Z
- Author: Capitol Communicator
- Tags: Advertising, Media, #Import 2026-10-08 18:49

This summer, Maryland state transit agencies refused to run the White Coat Waste Project ad, above, criticizing the USDA’s [taxpayer-funded kitten laboratory](https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/2018/06/08/hundreds-join-wcw-the-kitten-lady-on-capitol-hill-to-support-the-kitten-act/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) on public buses and trains servicing the facility.

Now, [as first reported by WJLA in Washington, D.C.](https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/white-coat-waste-project-lawsuit-maryland?ref=capitolcommunicator.com), WCW is suing the agencies in U.S. District Court for censoring the ads in violation of WCW’s free speech rights.

[The lawsuit](https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WCWP-v-MDOT-et-al-ad-lawsuit-10-3-18.pdf?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) alleges that the Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Transportation Administration and the Regional Transportation Agency of Central Maryland are violating the first and fourteenth amendments by arbitrarily refusing WCW’s public education ads in the absence of any formal policy prohibiting the content, or other reasonable, legally-sound justification.

This is just the most recent WCW effort to push back against government secrecy and overreach. Last month, WCW [filed a lawsuit](https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/2018/09/06/lawsuit-wcw-sues-usda-for-kitten-slaughterhouse-documents/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) against the USDA for refusing to provide documents related to its kitten experiments.