Legal Opinion
People v. Mobil Oil Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1979PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The issue in this case is whether a county may ban all *195signs on or near service station premises which refer directly or indirectly to the price of gasoline, and thus limit service station price advertising to the uniform price signs atop the gasoline pumps which the ordinance requires. We hold section 3 of the Westchester County law in question when read in the context of the entire law to be unconstitutional because, in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as made applicable by the Fourteenth Amendment to the States, it makes speech…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bigelow v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of WillingboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Valentine v. ChrestensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Friedman v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by121 opinions
- People v. AndersonNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- People v. LawrenceNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Sanders v. WinshipNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- People v. JeantyNew York Court of Appeals · 2000
- John P. v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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