Legal Opinion

Naser Jewelers, Inc. v. City of Concord, NH

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 18, 2008No. 07-2098PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

The city of Concord, New Hampshire, enacted an ordinance prohibiting all Electronic Messaging Centers (“EMCs”), which the city found were detrimental to traffic safety and community aesthetics. EMCs are signs which display electronically changeable messages (as opposed to signs with static or manually changeable messages) and so display illuminated text that can change frequently, for instance by scrolling or flashing. Naser Jewelers, Inc. (“NJI”), a Concord business, sought and was denied a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the ordinance on grounds of…

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