Legal Opinion
Ackerley Communications of Massachusetts, Inc. v. City of Somerville
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 21, 1989No. 88-1802PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether a city ordinance regulating billboards and other signs violates the First Amendment. The central issue is the validity of distinctions drawn between “onsite” and “offsite” signs and between commercial and noncommercial messages. 1 The district court, in a thoughtful and comprehensive opinion, found that the ordinance withstood constitutional scrutiny. Ackerley Communications of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Somerville, 692 F.Supp. 1 (D.Mass.1988). We conclude that the particular means chosen to reduce the number of billboards is…
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