Knoeffler v. Town of Mamakating

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that content-based permit requirement did not pass constitutional strict scrutiny
• finding that ordinance favored “commercial signs over non- commercial signs” by allowing on-site advertising while imposing time limits on and requiring permit for noncommercial signs
• explaining that “durational limits on signs have been repeatedly declared unconstitutional” and holding that ordinance was “not narrowly tailored to” town’s interests in aesthetics and safety
• noting that “size and shape regulations have been repeatedly upheld by the courts”
• “[T]he Second Circuit ... [requires] strict content neutrality for all regulation of noncommercial speech.”
• “Even where the government has declared a policy of promoting aesthetics and traffic safety, ... restrictions intended to accomplish those interests have failed to pass strict scrutiny and have been struck down.”

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