Legal Opinion
Barber v. Municipality of Anchorage
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 30, 1989No. S-2252PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
The primary focus of this appeal centers on the question of whether an Anchorage sign ordinance violates a merchant’s constitutional rights to free speech, equal protection or due process.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.
In 1985, the Municipality of Anchorage enacted amendments to an ordinance regulating new and existing signs within the municipality. The amended ordinance prohibits off-premises advertising signs, 1 portable signs, 2 and roof signs. 3 The ordinance also limits the use of temporary signs to a period of sixty days. 4
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2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Katzenbach v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by13 opinions
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