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Strict Scrutiny Standard Local Ordinance

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Severability Saves the Sign Ordinance

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Billboard companies have been persistent in challenging local zoning ordinances dealing with signs for many years now. In a case decided August 10, 2023, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Troy, Michigan, in...more

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

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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Long Beach ‘Hero Pay’ Ordinance Survives Preliminary Injunction

On February 25, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for preliminary injunction brought by the California Grocers Association (CGA) against the City of Long Beach. In California...more

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An Extraordinary Smackdown of an Ordinary Sign Ordinance

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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Supreme Court Decides Two First Amendment Cases

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Two recent Supreme Court decisions provide timely guidance on the First Amendment implications of publicly displaying the Confederate Flag or other symbols or signage related to protected beliefs. First, in Walker v. Sons of...more

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

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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Signs Signs, Everywhere a Sign: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Reed v. Town of Gilbert

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The Supreme Court of the United States handed down today an important First Amendment case concerning governments’ ability to regulate commonly displayed informational signs.  In Reed v. Town of Gilbert,...more

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Reed v. Gilbert: Impact to municipalities across the nation

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Although the case is outside the RLUIPA realm or even specific to religious-based speech, the Supreme Court’s decision last week in Reed v. Gilbert will undoubtedly impact RLUIPA Defense readers. We previously reported on the...more

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