GRANITE STATE OUTDOOR v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG

No. 02-16433.

348 F.3d 1278 (2003)

GRANITE STATE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Adam Webb, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, GA, for Granite State Outdoor Advertising, Inc.

Shauna F. Morris, Legal Dept., St. Petersburg, FL, for City of St. Petersburg.

Before BLACK and FAY, Circuit Judges, and HUCK, District Judge.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

After its permit applications were denied, Granite State Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (Granite) filed suit seeking to compel the City of St. Petersburg (City) to allow Granite to erect six billboards inside the City's limits. We must decide whether the First Amendment requires a content-neutral municipal sign ordinance to expressly limit the amount of time a municipality may take to process a permit application. The district court found the complete...

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