MBTA Takes A Hit In Court On Marijuana Ads Case The MBTA violated the free speech rights of a group that wants to legalize marijuana by refusing to display its advertisements throughout the transit system, a federal appeals court has ruled. In a decision that came after the T waged an $800,000 court battle, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals found officials improperly rejected the ads because they disapproved of their message. ``As a taxpayer I would be outraged by . . . what they spent on a losing case,'' said Joe White, executive director of Change the Climate, the...