Case Categories: Signs, Billboards and Newsracks

• City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent (1984)

  City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent (1984) upheld an ordinance banning signs on utility poles, saying it did not violate the First Amendment...

• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC (2022)

  The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that the city of Austin's regulations that prohibited new digital billboards or conversion of existing billboards to digital are...

• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network (1993)

  City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network (1993) held that Cincinnati’s restrictions on the distribution of commercial flyers in news racks violated the First...

• City of Ladue v. Gilleo (1994)

  City of Ladue v. Gilleo (1994) said a city could not stop homeowners from posting political signs. Banning these signs stopped First Amendment protected...

• City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. (1988)

  City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co. (1988) invalidated an city news rack licensing scheme that gave the mayor complete discretion on First Amendment...

• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981)

  Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981) invalidated a city ordinance prohibiting outdoor advertising display signs because it reached “too far" into...

• Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015)

  Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015) invalidated a city ordinance that restricted the size of directional signs after a pastor challenged the law as violating the...