Legal Opinion
City of Indio v. Arroyo
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 19, 1983No. Civ. 29032PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRIS, P. J.
In this appeal we consider whether provisions of the city of Indio’s sign ordinance violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 2 of the California Constitution.
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Chris and Cecilia Arroyo operate a small convenience store on the site of a formerly abandoned gas station in Indio. Several years ago, the Arroyos boarded up one of the abandoned service bays and had an artist friend, Tony Flores, paint a mural on it. The mural, in Cecilia Arroyo’s words, “depict[s] aspects of our ethnic Mexican heritage. Many of the scenes depicted on the…
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