Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Company v. Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 12, 1996No. 94-1538PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
We visit this controversy for the second time in as many years. See Globe Newspaper Co. v. Beacon Hill Architectural Comm’n, 40 F.3d 18 (1st Cir.1994). We are left to decide important issues that require a balancing between First Amendment rights and governmental interests.
Defendant-Appellant Beacon Hill Architectural Commission (the “Commission”) enacted a regulation, the Street Furniture Guideline, which effectively bans newspaper distribution boxes from the public streets of the Historic Beacon Hill District in Boston, Massachusetts (the “District”). The validity of…
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