Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego

Metromedia, Inc. v. San Diego
Argued February 25, 1981
Decided July 2, 1981
Full case name Metromedia, Inc., et al. v. City of San Diego, et al.
Citations 453 U.S. 490 (more)
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Thurgood Marshall
Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr.
William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
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.[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 Institute. p. 217.
  2. ↑ Legal Information Institute, Cornell University, Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (No. 80-195)


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