City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Texas Inc
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 21, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 21, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2021 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS v. REAGAN NATIONAL ADVERTISING OF AUSTIN, LLC, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 20–1029. Argued November 10, 2021—Decided April 21, 2022 Like a great many jurisdictions around the country, the City of Austin, Texas (City), specially regulates signs that advertise things that are not located on the same premises as the sign, as well as signs that direct people to offsite locations. See City Code §25–10–102(1). These are known as off-premises signs. The City’s sign code at the time of this dispute prohibited construction of new off-premises signs. Ibid. Grandfathered off-premises signs could remain in their existing loca- tions as “nonconforming signs,” but could not be altered in ways that increased their nonconformity. §§25–10–3(10), 25–10–152(A)–(B). On-premises signs were not similarly restricted. §25–10–102(6). Respondents, Reagan National Advertising of…
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