American Legion Post 7 of Durham, North Carolina v. City of Durham

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ruling that as-applied challenge to superseded ordinance was moot
• observing that the courts should not dismiss a case as moot if the court believes there is a likelihood of reenactment of a substantially similar law or policy
• explaining that while aesthetics do not constitute a compelling governmental interest sufficient to justify a content-based regulation, they constitute a substantial governmental interest sufficient to warrant a content-neutral restriction
• deeming ordi- GREATER BALTIMORE CENTER v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL 71 nance applicable to commercial and noncommercial entities as nevertheless narrowly tailored
• discussing the rationale underlying the Supreme Court’s mootness inquiry in Aladdin’s Castle
• “[A] community’s interest in preserving its aesthetic character is indeed a ‘substantial interest.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).