Tag: institute for free speech

Thomas Wins $690,000 in Legal Fees

Remember William Thomas, the man who successfully challenged Tennessee’s sign code and forced the Tennessee legislature to pass a sign code revision to moot the challenge.  The Tennessee Star reports a court has ordered the Tennessee to pay $690,000 in Thomas’s legal fees.  Thomas was represented by the Institute for […]

Thomas v Schroer brief filed

Billboard law is unconstitutional because it treats roadside billboards differently than on-site business signs — based on content — says a plaintiff challenging Tennessee’s Billboard Act. “The law cannot function without evaluating a message’s meaning,” and thus runs afoul of a 2015 Supreme Court ruling against sign regulation based on […]