Legal Opinion
Granite State Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of St. Petersburg
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 28, 2003No. 02-16433PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
After its permit applications were denied, Granite State Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (Granite) filed suit seeking to compel the City of St. Petersburg (City) to allow Granite to erect six billboards inside the City’s limits. We must decide whether the First Amendment requires a content-neutral municipal sign ordinance to expressly limit the amount of time a municipality may take to process a permit application. The district court found the complete absence of time limits necessitated the invalidation of the City’s sign ordinance. On this issue alone, we reverse and hold…
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