Metro Fuel LLC v. City of New York

Issue: 1) Whether the First Amendment permits a municipality to impose restrictions on the placement of advertising signs on private property when the municipality has auctioned off to the highest bidder the right to place advertising signs on public property; and 2) whether the Supreme Court's decision in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981) constitutes binding precedent for any First Amendment principle, and, if so, whether that decision established that outdoor advertising restrictions are not subject to the scrutiny that the Supreme Court has applied to other media in subsequent commercial speech cases; and 3) what evidence a municipality must proffer to meet its burden of justifying its decision to exempt its revenue-generating licensees from advertising sign restrictions.

Briefs and Documents

Certiorari-stage documents

• Opinion below (2d Circuit)
• Petition for certiorari
• Brief in opposition
• Amicus brief for Atlantic Outdoor Advertising Inc. and Willow Media LLC
• Petitioner's reply