Ad-Express, Inc. v. John F. Kirvin, Supervisor of the Town of Rotterdam, New York

This appeal presents again a slight variation of the oft-litigated issue of whether a municipality may regulate the distribution of commercial advertising without infringing rights guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

The issue here arises in the context of a judgment entered November 6, 1974 in the Northern District of New York, James T. Foley, Chief Judge, dismissing, for failure to state a substantial federal claim, a complaint that challenged on federal constitutional grounds 1 an ordinance of the Town of Rotterdam, New York, which prohibits distribution of advertising or…