Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego |
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| Argued February 25, 1981 Decided July 2, 1981 |
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| Full case name | Metromedia, Inc., et al. v. City of San Diego, et al. |
| Citations | 453 U.S. 490 (more)
101 S. Ct. 2882; 69 L. Ed. 2d 800
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| San Diego's general ban on signs carrying noncommercial advertising is invalid under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. | |
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| Plurality | White, joined by Stewart, Marshall, Powell; Stevens (parts I–IV) |
| Concurrence | Brennan, joined by Blackmun |
| Concurrence | Stevens |
| Dissent | Burger |
| Dissent | Rehnquist |
| Dissent | Stevens (parts V–VII) |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case in which it was decided that cities could regulate billboards and that municipal governments could not treat commercial outdoor advertising more harshly than noncommercial messages.
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