Larry Whitton, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. City of Gladstone, Missouri, Appellant/cross-Appellee

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

The City of Gladstone, Missouri, appeals from the district court’s order holding that several provisions of its sign code are impermissible restraints on free speech and therefore unconstitutional. Larry Whitton cross-appeals from the district court’s order holding that other related provisions of the sign code are constitutional. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

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Whitton owns residential and commercial property in Gladstone, Missouri. While running for sheriff of Clay County (within which Gladstone is a city) in 1992, he filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…