Tag: thomas

Can Tennessee Legislature Remedy Court Challenge?

Tennessee’s General Assembly has started considering changes to Tennessee’s billboard-control law because federal courts have ruled the law unconstitutional. The motivation to enact a new billboard law is to remedy a pending legal challenge regarding free speech (Thomas v. Bright). Similar constitutional challenges to billboard law arose in Oregon and […]

Rothfelder on Reed, Auspro and Thomas

On November 6, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied the petition for rehearing en banc in Thomas vs. Bright. In doing so, the Federal Appellate Court set the stage for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, or more likely, to a legislative fix of […]

Company of the Day: Thomas Outdoor Advertising

Company:  Thomas Outdoor Advertising Markets:  Kansas Address: 902 Fair Lane, Manhattan, KS  66502 Email: office@thomassign.com Phone: 785-537-2010 Thomas Outdoor Advertising operates a plant of over 400 billboards around Kansas.  The company is 78 years old and is an operator associate in the IBOUSA.  The company also operates a sign and […]

Nancy Fletcher on the Thomas Case, Women in OOH and Mentors

This week’s podcast guest is Nancy Fletcher who retires at the end of this year after a 40-year out of home advertising career, which includes nearly 30 years as President and CEO of OAAA.  Here are highlights of our interview. What have been the industry’s biggest accomplishments over your tenure? […]