GILLEO v. CITY OF LADUE

Nos. 92-2232, 92-2235.

986 F.2d 1180 (1993)

Margaret P. GILLEO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF LADUE; Edith J. Spink, Mayor of the City of Ladue; Thomas R. Remington, as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue; George L. Hensley, as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue; Gale S. Johnston, Jr., as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue; Robert A. Wood, as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue; Robert D. Mudd, as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue; George Fonyo, as member of the City Council of the City of Ladue, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan Cherrick, St. Louis, MO, argued (Jay Summerville, on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Gerald P. Greiman, St. Louis, MO, argued (Martin Green and Mitchell Margo, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON and REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

The district court concluded that the City of Ladue's sign ordinance is unconstitutional and permanently enjoined Ladue from enforcing it, 774 F.Supp. 1564. We affirm the court's injunction, but modify the court's award of attorneys' fees, 791 F.Supp. 238.

I. BACKGROUND

Ladue enacted an ordinance that prohibits most signs within the city (the...

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