United States First Circuit
Naser Jewelers, Inc. v. City of Concord, 07-2098
Denial of a preliminary injunction to prohibit the enforcement of a municipal ban on signs which display electronically changeable messages is affirmed where the ban was content-neutral, narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest, and left open alternative channels of communication.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/18/2008
- Published 01/18/2008
Judges
- LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John F. Winston with whom Stephen H. Roberts, McNeill, Taylor & Gallo, and Winston & Bragg were on brief for appellant., John M. Baker, Robin M. Wolpert, Kathryn M.N. Hibbard, and Green Espel, P.L.L.P. were on brief for American Planning Association, Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association, International Municipal Lawyers Association, New Hampshire Municipal Lawyers Association, and New Hampshire Planners Association, amici curiae., William D. Brinton and Rogers Towers were on brief for Scenic America, Inc., amicus curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Lisa M. Lee with whom Charles P. Bauer, John T. Alexander, and Ransmeier & Spellman were on brief for appellee.