BBC Fireworks, Inc. v. State Highway & Transportation Commission

RENDLEN, Senior Judge.

BBC Fireworks, Inc., d/b/a Fireworks Importers, Ltd. (BBC), appeals from the circuit court’s decision affirming respondent Highway and Transportation Commission’s (Commission) order that BBC remove two signs located adjacent to Interstate 35 near Eagleville. As BBC contends the Billboard Law, Chapter 226.520, RSMo 1986, under which the signs were ordered removed, is violative of the free speech provisions of Mo. Const, art. I, § 8, the cause falls within our exclusive original appellate jurisdiction. Mo. Const, art. V, § 3. We affirm.

BBC, though principally engaged in…