Legal Opinion
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 31, 1949No. 51PublishedCited by 661 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
Section 124 of the Traffic Regulations of the City of New York1 promulgated by the Police Commissioner provides:
“No person shall operate, or cause to be operated, in or upon any street an advertising vehicle; pro*108vided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the putting of business notices upon business delivery-vehicles, so long as such vehicles are engaged in the usual business or regular work of the owner and not used merely or mainly for advertising.”
Appellant is engaged in a nation-wide express business. It operates about 1,900 trucks in New York City and sells the space on the…
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