Eller Media Company v. City of Cleveland, Ohio

OPINION

In this appeal, the City of Cleveland asks us to uphold the validity of a municipal ordinance banning within city limits all billboard advertising of alcoholic beverages, except in certain instances and in restricted areas of Cleveland. Although the City claimed to be motivated by the entirely laudable goal of curbing underage drinking in the community, the plaintiff, Eller Media Company, successfully sued to enjoin implementation of the ordinance on the grounds that the legislative action was preempted by state statute and also was an unconstitutional restriction on freedom of speech.…