Legal Opinion
Statesboro Publishing Co. v. City of Sylvania
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 17, 1999No. S99A0474PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
Statesboro Publishing Company delivers the Penny-Saver, a weekly shopper newspaper, without charge to Sylvania city residents by throwing the paper in yards or driveways. To deal with the litter caused by unclaimed papers, the city enacted an ordinance that prohibits distribution of free printed material in yards, driveways, or porches. The city then sought a declaratory judgment, and the trial court upheld the ordinance as constitutional. Because the ordinance is not narrowly tailored to meet the city’s interest in preventing litter and fails to provide for…
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