Legal Opinion
Ackerley Communications of Massachusetts, Inc. v. City of Somerville
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 8, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-3222-WDPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
For more than ten years the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, has sought to regulate billboard signs through zoning regulation. One such effort was found constitutionally defective in 1985. Now before me is a challenge to Somerville’s 1986 revision of its regulatory scheme.
In this action, the plaintiff, Ackerley Communications of Massachusetts, Inc. (“Ackerley”), challenges the constitutionality of revised Article 10 1 of Somerville’s zoning ordinance. Revised Article 10 regulates the size and location of all signs in the City, and prohibits the erection or…
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