United States Eleventh Circuit

Defendant's entire sign ordinance is unconstitutional on its face. It creates an unacceptable prior restraint on speech by placing too much discretion in the county administrators in accepting or rejecting sign licenses; it also favors commercial over non-commercial speech, thereby disfavoring core political speech.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/23/2004
• Published 02/23/2004

Judges

• WILSON, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA, WILSON and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan Smith Erdelyi,Sonya Harrell Hoener, Marks, Gray, Conroy & Gibbs, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for St. Johns County., Gary S. Edinger, Gainesville, FL, for Café Erotica of Florida, Inc., William David Brinton, Allen, Brinton & Simmons, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Scenic America, Inc. and Citizens for a Scenic Florida, Inc., Amici Curiae.