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ACKERLEY COMMUNICATIONS v. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE

No. 95-2324.

88 F.3d 33 (1996)

ACKERLEY COMMUNICATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew L. Frey, Washington, DC, with whom Eric M. Rubin, Walter E. Diercks, Kenneth S. Geller, Charles Rothfeld, Washington, DC, George A. Berman, Steven S. Broadley and Joseph S. Berman, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Peter L. Koff, Boston, MA, with whom Arthur J. Goldberg, Middletown, RI, was on brief, for appellees.

Before CYR, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judges.

COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

We are asked in this appeal to sort out the constitutional principles at play when a municipality, in pursuit of improved aesthetics, regulates signs and billboards. In many respects, this is a case of deja vu. Seven years ago, the same plaintiff successfully challenged a similar sign ordinance as violative of the First Amendment. See Ackerley Communications of Massachusetts v. City of Somerville, 878 F.2d 513<...

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