William Thomas v. Clay Bright

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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC
  Supreme Court· 2022-04-21· cited 145×
• Norton Outdoor Advert., Inc. v. Village of St. Bernard, Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2024-04-19· cited 8×
• L.D. Mgmt. Co. v. Jim Gray
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-02-16· cited 6×
• Richard Clemons v. John Couch
  Sixth Circuit· 2021-07-07· cited 6×
• Willey v. Harris County DA
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-03-11· cited 5×
• Clear Channel Outdoor v. Dept. of Finance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-06-09· cited 4×
• Clear Channel Outdoor v. Dir., Dept. of Finance Balt. City
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-01-29· cited 3×
• Reagan Natl Advtsng of Austin v. City of Au
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-08-26
• ELEVATION OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, LLC v. CITY OF PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2025-05-30
• Dennis Scott v. City of Daytona Beach, Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2026-06-25

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ward v. Rock Against Racism
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 3,406×
• Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-15· cited 2,188×
• Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-29· cited 1,847×
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  Supreme Court· 2010-01-21· cited 1,732×
• Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  Supreme Court· 1994-08-24· cited 1,695×
• First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 1,551×
• United States v. Stevens
  Supreme Court· 2010-04-20· cited 1,327×
• Widmar v. Vincent
  Supreme Court· 1981-12-08· cited 1,319×
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 1,319×
• Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego
  Supreme Court· 1981-07-02· cited 1,213×
• Boos v. Barry
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-22· cited 1,104×
• Carey v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 986×
• United States v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1996-07-03· cited 930×
• City of Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-03-24· cited 856×
• Martin v. City of Struthers
  Supreme Court· 1943-05-03· cited 839×
• Consolidated Edison Co. of New York v. Public Service Commission
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 838×
• MacKey v. Montrym
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-25· cited 746×
• Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-10· cited 673×
• City of Ladue v. Gilleo
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 627×
• Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 516×