In a victory for plaintiff B&G Opa Holdings’s “Klub 24,” a federal district court recently struck down an ordinance used to shutter a strip club that briefly opened in a suburb north of Miami. Three months after an Opa-locka, Florida
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Regulatory, Best Practices and Other First Amendment News from Colorado's Leading Land Use Law Firm
The Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog, published by Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti PC, focuses on legal issues related to sign regulations and advertising law, particularly in the Rocky Mountain region. It covers constitutional challenges to municipal sign ordinances, zoning disputes involving signage, First Amendment implications of sign and speech regulations, and related litigation outcomes. The blog discusses cases involving billboard regulations, digital signage bans, and the intersection of commercial and noncommercial speech in public spaces. It also addresses broader land use and municipal law topics as they pertain to signage and advertising restrictions.
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In Billboard Company’s Challenge to a Michigan Sign Ordinance, the Sixth Circuit Finds That Content-Based Commercial Speech Regulations Are Now Subject to Strict Scrutiny
A billboard company’s challenge to the Troy, Michigan sign variance standards–which we reported on three years ago–has now resulted in an appellate decision that has the potential to greatly change commercial speech regulation as we know it. Two…
Court Dismisses Claims Against D.C. Over “Black Lives Matter” Street Mural
D.C.’s Black Lives Matter street mural. Source: CNN.
Late last month, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. dismissed First Amendment and other constitutional claims filed against the District by a non-Black Christian group pertaining to…
District Court Denies Preliminary Injunction in Philadelphia Homeless Encampment Case
A housing encampment along Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Source: Philly Voice.
Late last month, a district court in Pennsylvania entered an order denying preliminary injunctive relief in a First Amendment case filed by a group…
Tenth Circuit Strikes Down Oklahoma City Median Restrictions
Panhandlers on a street median in Oklahoma City. Source: KGOU.
Last week, the federal Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled that an Oklahoma City law prohibiting people from remaining on street medians violated the…
Austin, Texas Sign Ordinance Declared Content Based, Unconstitutional
One of the plaintiffs’ billboards in Austin, Texas. Source: Reagan National Advertising.
Last week, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that the City of Austin, Texas’s sign ordinance was content based and…
Supreme Court Denies Church’s Application for Injunctive Relief in First Amendment Challenge to COVID-19 Restrictions
This post was authored by Otten Johnson summer associate Laura Salter. Laura is a rising third-year law student at the University of Colorado Law School.
In late May, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a Church’s application for injunctive relief from…
Federal Judge Rules Kentucky’s Billboard Act Unconstitutional In Its Entirety
A billboard for Lion’s Den (not a truck trailer). Source: i70signshow.com.
In late April, in a case filed by an adult bookstore challenging the application of Kentucky’s Billboard Act to one of its advertisements, a federal…
Federal Court in New Mexico Denies Temporary Restraining Order in First Amendment Challenge to COVID-19 Restrictions
Legacy Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Source: Legacy Church.
Last week, in one of the first judicial decisions addressing a First Amendment challenge to state-level social distancing requirements, a federal judge in New Mexico has denied…
Fifth Circuit Remands in Texas Capitol Rotunda Display Case
Earlier this month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court’s summary judgment order in order favor of a non-theist group that sought to place a nonreligious display in the rotunda of the Texas state capitol during the…