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· 8/26/1994

Vango Media, Inc. v. The City of New York the New York City Department of Health and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission

Citations

  • 34 F.3d 68
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 23709

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that Act’s purpose is “to avoid diverse, non-uniform, and confusing labeling and advertising regulations with respect to any relationship between smoking and health.”
  • holding pre-empted a regulation that required one public health message for every four cigarette advertisements
  • holding pre-empted a regulation that required one public health message for every four cigarette advertisements
  • finding that while the challenged statute had “an associated economic impact on society,” its “primary interest” was the preempted field of “public health”
  • finding city ordinance requiring display of public health messages about health risks of smoking was “based on smoking and health” because both its purpose and effect centered on such risks
  • finding city ordinance pertaining to tobacco product advertisements \plainly is a 'requirement'\ within the meaning of S 1334(b) because absent compliance with the ordinance, plaintiff would have to forgo advertising display

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Judges: Newman, Oakes, Cardamone

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