VONO v. LEWIS

C.A. No. 05-485 S.

594 F.Supp.2d 189 (2009)

Anthony Joseph VONO, d/b/a Specialty Promotions, Plaintiff, v. Michael P. LEWIS, individually and in his official capacity as Director, State of Rhode Island Department of Transportation, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John William Dineen, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff.

John J. Igliozzi, R.I. Department of Transportation, Michael W. Field, Rebecca Tedford Partington, Attorney General's Office, Providence, RI, for Defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM E. SMITH, District Judge.

This civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 challenges the constitutionality of the Rhode Island Outdoor Advertising Act ("RIOAA"), which regulates billboard advertising in the vicinity of interstate highways. The case has its genesis in an attempt by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation ("RIDOT" or "Department") to force the Plaintiff, Anthony J. Vono, the operator a small...

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