Van Nuys Publishing Co. v. City of Thousand Oaks

Opinion

TOBRINER, J.

Plaintiff Van Nuys Publishing Company instituted this action to enjoin defendant City of Thousand Oaks from enforcing a newly enacted “anti-littering” ordinance on the ground that the provision, on its face and as applied, constituted an unconstitutional abridgement of First Amendment rights. After initially issuing a preliminary injunction as requested by plaintiff, the trial court rendered judgment in favor of the city, upholding the constitutionality of the challenged ordinance. The publisher appeals from that decision.

For the reasons discussed more fully below, we have…