Legal Opinion
Melrose, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 20, 2010No. 08-4425PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge:
Melrose, Inc. (“Melrose”) brought this action challenging the Pittsburgh Zoning Board’s rejection of its applications to change the Identification Signs on five Pittsburgh buildings. The proposed building names included “wehirenurses.com building” and “palegalhelp.com.” The Zoning Board determined that the signs were Advertising Signs and were therefore prohibited in the zoning districts where Mel- rose’s buildings were located. In reaching this decision, the Zoning Board applied four criteria that it had articulated in a prior decision for…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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