A billboard in Texas. Source: Austin American-Statesman.
A federal district court in Texas recently found that the City of Cedar Park’s sign code was content based and unconstitutional due to its failure to distinguish between commercial
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
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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Billboard Company Loses Suit Against Illinois Village
This past summer, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals found that a billboard company’s challenge to a billboard restriction in Bellwood, Illinois was mooted by the fact that the company lost its lease on the property that it intended to…
Appeals Court Affirms District Court Ruling in Favor of Pennsylvania Animal Rights Activists
In a case that we reported on previously, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has entered a ruling in favor of a group of animal rights activists that wished to protest the Barnum and Bailey Circus in a government-owned…
Restriction On Painted Wall Signs Upheld On Appeal
The painted wall sign at issue in Downers Grove, Illinois. Source: CBS Local Chicago.
Last week, in a case that we reported on several years ago, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that…
Utah City’s Median Restriction Found Content Neutral, Constitutional
The plaintiff in the case against Sandy City, Utah, who sought to overturn the city’s median restriction.
Earlier this summer, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Sandy City, Utah’s restriction on sitting or standing…
APA Planning and Law Division to Host Webinar on Gentrification
We take a break from our regularly-scheduled program to advise our readers of a webinar that will be hosted by our friends at the American Planning Association’s Planning and Law Division:
Gentrification, Displacement, and the Law
Thursday, October 10, 2019…
In Sweeping Ruling, Federal Appeals Court Invalidates Tennessee Billboard Law
Earlier this month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Tennessee’s outdoor advertising statute, finding it to be content-based in violation of the First Amendment. The court’s ruling affirms an earlier ruling by a federal district court.
A billboard…
New York City Can Ban Commercial Advertising In Cabs, Uber, Lyft Under New Ruling
New York City taxi cabs. Source: New York Post.
In a decision issued last week, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission can restrict in-vehicle commercial advertising in…
Sixth Circuit Reverses Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Memphis Planned Parenthood Case
The Planned Parenthood location on Virginia Cove in Memphis. Source: The Business Journals.
In a case we reported on last year, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction…
Pennsylvania’s Billboard Rules Found to Violate First Amendment
An Adams Outdoor billboard in Pennsylvania. Source: Adams Outdoor.
In a case that we’ve reported on previously, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s rules pertaining to…