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LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING v. MISS. ST. TAX COM'N

No. 82-4076.

701 F.2d 314 (1983)

LAMAR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE TAX COMMISSION, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Milner, W. Timothy Jones, Peter M. Stockett, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

Center for Science in the Public Interest, Bruce Silverglade, Dir. of Legal Affairs, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Gary W. Gardenhire, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Civ. Div., Oklahoma City, Okl., for State of Oklahoma.

Peter H. Meyers, Washington, D.C., for Accuracy and Action About Alcohol Addiction.

John F. Banzhaf, III, Washington, D.C., for Ash.

James K. Child, Jr., Henry E. Chatham, Jr., Richard D. Gamblin, Jackson, Miss., Jack H. Pittman, Hattiesburg, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether certain statutes and regulations of the State of Mississippi violate our constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech because they effectively ban liquor advertising on billboards and in printed and electronic media originating within the state.*

Appellees are 56 outdoor advertising, newspaper, television and radio businesses that operate in Mississippi. They brought...

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