Legal Opinion
Dimmitt v. City of Clearwater
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 23, 1993No. 92-2060PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether an ordinance adopted by the City of Clear-water, Florida (“the City”) regulating the display of signs, flags, and other means of graphic communication violates the constitutional guarantee of free speech. Lawrence Dimmitt, III and Dimmitt Chevrolet, Inc. (collectively “Dimmitt”) challenge the constitutionality of the Clearwater ordinance on face and as applied to prohibit the display of 23 American flags at the Dim-mitt automobile dealership. Finding that the ordinance impermissibly restricted protected expression, the district court…
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