Legal Opinion
Thomas Riel Diane Thompson Fred Pysher v. City of Bradford
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 3, 2007No. 05-4425PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
The Appellants are home and business owners who were issued criminal citations by the City of Bradford, Pennsylvania (“City” or “Bradford”) for displaying commercial and noncommercial signs on their private property without first obtaining a permit. They argue that the City’s sign ordinances, which have now been amended, violate the First Amendment because they are impermissibly content-based, overbroad, vague, and allow too much time to process permit requests. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania held that the…
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