Legal Opinion
Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Mississippi State Tax Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1983No. 82-4076PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This ease presents the question whether certain statutes and regulations of the State of Mississippi violate our constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech because they effectively ban liquor advertising on billboards and in printed and electronic media originating within the state. *
Appellees are 56 outdoor advertising, newspaper, television and radio businesses that operate in Mississippi. They brought this action against the Mississippi State Tax Commission (the “Commission”), the individual Commissioners thereof, the Commission’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division…
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