AD WORLD, INC. v. TOWNSHIP OF DOYLESTOWN

No. 81-1497.

672 F.2d 1136 (1982)

AD WORLD, INC., Appellant, v. TOWNSHIP OF DOYLESTOWN.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1982.

Certiorari Denied May 17, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bender (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant; Nan S. Famular, Sherman, Silverstein & Kohl, Cherry Hill, N. J., of counsel.

Harris & Harris, Warrington, Pa., Sheldon L. Albert (argued), Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Norman R. Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., on behalf of amici curiae, Brookshire Publications, Inc., et al.; Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., John W. Boyd, Freedman, Boyd & Daniels, Albuquerque, N. M., of counsel.

Alice Neff Lucan, Rochester, N. Y., Samuel E. Klein, Katherine Hatton, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., on behalf of amicus curiae, Equitable Pub. Co.

H. Robert Fiebach, Joseph S. Finkelstein, Lisa A. Heyman, Philadelphia, Pa., on behalf of amicus curiae, The American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Philadelphia Branch; Burton Caine, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Before GIBBONS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges, and MEANOR, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied May 17, 1982. See 102 S.Ct. 2240.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Ad World, Inc., a publisher, appeals from a judgment in favor of the defendant Doylestown Township in a suit for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief prohibiting enforcement of Doylestown Ordinance 117.1 We conclude that the ordinance violates Ad World's first and fourteenth amendment rights, and we reverse.

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