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Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego

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Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego is a 1981 case of the United States Supreme Court 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.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Kaplar, Richard T. (2003). The First Amendment and the Media 2003-Free Speech and Free Press Since Sept. 11. Washington, DC: The Media Institure. p. 217.
  2. ^ Legal Information Institute, Cornell University, Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (No. 80-195)