Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 4, 1996PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
In 1991, the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission (commission) issued an amendment to its architectural guidelines prohibiting the placement of newsracks within the Historic Beacon Hill District (district) within Boston. The commission sent letters to various newspaper publishers, requesting that they remove their newsracks from the district. The plaintiff newspapers (newspapers) commenced litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The newspapers contended that the commission’s guidelines regarding newsracks violated the First Amendment to the United…
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