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· 10/24/2017

People v. Hawkins (Master)

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that Reed supersedes Central Hudson
  • striking down on-premises exemption because it could not pass strict scrutiny as a content-based regulation
  • “The [Tennessee] Billboard Act’s on- premises exception scheme is a content-based regulation of (restriction on) free speech.”
  • “Because the on-premises exception is not severable from the Billboard Act, we must consider the Act as a whole”
  • “The Billboard Act’s on-premises exception scheme is a content-based regulation of (restriction on) free speech.”
  • “Tennessee’s Billboard Act contains a non-severable regulation of speech based on the content of the message.”

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