No. 21-900

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. v. Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-12-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3)
Tags: billboard billboard-advertising business-privilege commercial-speech first-amendment freedom-of-press freedom-of-speech municipal-tax state-court-conflict
Latest Conference: 2022-04-29 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Relying on the same First Amendment precedent from this Court, the highest courts of Ohio and Maryland reached conflicting conclusions about whether taxing the business privilege of charging for the use of billboard space abridges the freedom of speech, or of the press.

The question presented, upon which this conflict exists, is:

Whether a municipal excise tax on the business privilege of charging for the use of billboard space abridges the freedom of speech, or of the press.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a municipal excise tax on the business privilege of charging for the use of billboard space abridges the freedom of speech, or of the press

Docket Entries

2022-05-02
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-26
Supplemental brief of respondents Lamar Advantage GP Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2022-04-26
Supplemental brief of petitioners City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2022-04-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
2022-03-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
2022-03-14
Reply of petitioners City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2022-02-25
Brief of respondents Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC and Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc. in opposition filed.
Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2022-01-26
Response Requested. (Due February 25, 2022)
2022-01-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc. to respond filed.
Main Document
2022-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC to respond filed.
Main Document
2021-12-14
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)
PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service

Attorneys

City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al.
Marion Eugene Haynes III — City of Cincinnati Law Department, Petitioner
Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC
Richard Guy Taft — Strauss Troy Co LPA, Respondent
Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC and Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
Kannon K. Shanmugam — Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Respondent
Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
Michael Alan Galasso — Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker, LPA, Respondent