Yesterday, the US Supreme Court denied requests to review either the Baltimore or Cincinnati billboard tax cases. Billboard Insider’s take: Ohio billboard companies win because an Ohio state supreme court decision to invalidate a selective billboard tax is upheld. Maryland billboard companies lose because the Maryland court of appeals (highest […]
By Richard Rothfelder, Rothfelder & Falick By now, most know the facts: On April 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6 to 3 decision reversed the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in City of Austin vs Reagan National Advertising, which held the Austin Sign Code violative of […]
Cincinnati has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review the issue of whether a municipal excise tax on billboards abridges freedom of speech. The Ohio State Supreme Court ruled that a billboard tax infringed on the first amendment rights of a small group of speakers. A Maryland Supreme Court ruled […]
Insider asked some out of home attorneys to comment on yesterday’s oral arguments, before the Supreme Court, in Reagan v City of Austin. Richard Hamlin and Marnie Cody, Hamilin Cody Law We both listened to the argument and discussed it among ourselves. Our reaction: Trying to predict the result from […]
Today at 10am eastern time the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Reagan v Austin. The court will allow 70 minutes for oral arguments. The Court is reviewing a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that Austin’s restriction on off-premise digital billboards was a content based violation of […]
With the US Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments November 10 in the billboard case from Austin, TX (City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising), There was a flurry of activity this week as multiple groups filed briefs with the court. The issue: Reagan and Lamar Advertising sued Austin […]
The Supreme Court granted on June 28, 2021 the petition for writ of certiorari in Reagan National and Lamar Outdoor vs City of Austin, so that the High Court will now entertain the merits of the First Amendment dispute over Austin’s allegedly content-based sign code and regulation of digital signs. […]
Clear Channel Outdoor has petitioned the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge of Baltimore’s targeted tax on billboards, which was enacted in 2013. Courts in Maryland ruled in favor of the City; Clear Channel wants the US Supreme Court to take the case (Clear Channel Outdoor v. Henry J. […]
Yesterday Insider posted that the city of Austin is trying to get the Supreme Court to review the Austin v Reagan decision. Hamlin Cody’s Richard Hamlin has this comment: No one can be certain, or even predict, whether the Supreme Court will hear a case. The Court’s Rule 10 says […]
The City of Austin has asked the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision in favor of Reagan Advertising in a digital billboard dispute. Austin’s sign code says that on-premise signs can be digitized but off premise signs can’t be digitized. Reagan sought permits to digitize billboards. Reagan and […]
