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ADAMS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING v. NEWPORT NEWS

Record No. 880126.

373 S.E.2d 917 (1988)

ADAMS OUTDOOR ADVERTISING v. CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter W. Sims, Jr. (Stephen E. Noona; Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Leonard A. Wallin, II, Asst. City Atty. (Verbena M. Askew, City Atty., on brief), for appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON and HARMAN, Retired Justices.

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether an ordinance adopted by the City of Newport News, regulating certain billboards, Chapter 13, Article XV, §§ 13-335 through -344 of the Newport News City Code (the ordinance), unlawfully abridges freedom of speech in violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution1 and Article I, § 12 of the Constitution of Virginia.2...

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