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Federal Court of Appeals Rules Pennsylvania Borough’s Ordinance Regulating Political Yard Signs is Unconstitutional

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In Camp Hill Borough Republican Ass’n v. Borough of Camp Hill, 2024 U.S. App LEXIS 11300 (3rd Cir., May 9, 2024), a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit declared portions of Camp Hill...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Decisions Impacting Local Sign Regulations and Flag Policies

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Lawful or Landmine? Court Rules on First Amendment Snares - Municipalities throughout the country regulate signs and set policy for flag-flying on public property. Done right, these are lawful functions of local...more

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Can Homeowner Associations Regulate Political Signs?

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Now is a good time for homeowner associations (“Associations”) to review applicable state statutes, local ordinances, and other relevant guidelines regarding political signage in order to prepare for this fall’s local...more

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Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Billboard Tax as Unconstitutional

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The Ohio Supreme Court recently struck down a billboard tax as unconstitutional in Lamar Advantage GP Co., LLC v. Cincinnati, Slip Opinion No. 2021-Ohio-3155.  The case evaluated an excise tax placed on the installing,...more

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First Circuit Rejects Signs For Jesus’ RLUIPA and Constitutional Appeal

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit recently found in favor of the Town of Pembroke, New Hampshire regarding the Town’s denial of an application for an electronic sign permit for religious messages.  The Town’s...more

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An Extraordinary Smackdown of an Ordinary Sign Ordinance

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Court Invalidates Common Sign Ordinance on First Amendment Grounds - A federal appeals court cited the First Amendment in invalidating some portions of the City of Troy, Mich.’s sign ordinance that are very common to many...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Affirms That Content-Based Sign Codes Violate The First Amendment

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Now, more than ever, local municipalities should review their municipal sign laws to ensure that signs are not being regulated based on their message. This is in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that an...more

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Seventh Circuit Applies Reed v. Gilbert to Strike Down Panhandling Ordinance

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Local governments may now have more to fear following the Supreme Court’s decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert. While the Reed decision may cause many local governments to question the constitutionality of their sign...more

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Arizona Town's Content-Based Sign Rules Struck Down by U.S. Supreme Court

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Local agencies urged to review sign codes in favor of content-neutral rules - The United States Supreme Court recently struck down portions of an Arizona town’s sign code that subjected ideological, political and...more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Ordinance Regulating Directional Signs

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In the case of Reed v. Town of Gilbert, the United States Supreme Court recently issued a significant decision regarding municipal sign regulation The Town of Gilbert regulated signage differently based on the content of the...more

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The High Court Hears Argument: Is Gilbert’s Sign Ordinance Content-Neutral? What Standard of Review Should Apply?

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Last summer, we reported that the U.S. Supreme Court granted Good News Community Church’s (Church) petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Reed v. Town of...more

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