Legal Opinion
James E. Wheeler, Nora L. Wheeler, and Sharon Carmichael v. Commissioner of Highways, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1987No. 86-5423PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
Appellees challenged, the constitutionality, on first and fourteenth amendment grounds, of the Kentucky Billboard Act, Ky.Rev.Stat.Ann. §§ 177.830-177.890 (Baldwin 1985) (“Billboard Act”), and the Kentucky regulations implementing this statute. 603 Ky.Admin.Regs. 3:010 (1975). The District Court held that the Billboard Act and regulations were unconstitutional on their face because they discriminated against non-commercial speech in favor of commercial speech. The Kentucky Commissioner of Highways (“Commissioner”) appeals arguing that the statute and…
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