NORTON OUTDOOR ADVERTISING v. VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

No. 81-583.

69 Ohio St. 2d 539 (1982)

NORTON OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC., APPELLEE, v. VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided March 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Jacobs, Kleinman, Seibel & McNally and Mr. Robert E. Jacobs, for appellee.

Mr. Calvin W. Prem, director of law, for appellants.


CLIFFORD F. BROWN, J.

The issue presented herein is whether the ordinance in question unconstitutionally regulates the content of protected speech by restricting billboard advertising to the product or business conducted on the premises. We hold that it does.

I.

Appellants assert that the ordinance in question is a valid exercise of the police powers of local self-government.

The authority of the municipality to regulate the erection of signs...

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