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City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. v. Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC, et al.
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Ohio, No. 2020-0931 · judgment September 16, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
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.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Marion Eugene Haynes III
City of Cincinnati Law Department
For respondent
Michael Alan Galasso
Robbins, Kelly, Patterson & Tucker, LPA
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 3 conferences
Proceedings
- May 02 2022Petition DENIED.
- Apr 26 2022Supplemental brief of respondents Lamar Advantage GP Company, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 26 2022Supplemental brief of petitioners City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Apr 25 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/29/2022.
- Mar 16 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/1/2022.
- Mar 14 2022Reply of petitioners City of Cincinnati, Ohio, et al. filed. (Distributed)
- Feb 25 2022Brief of respondents Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC and Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc. in opposition filed.
- Jan 26 2022Response Requested. (Due February 25, 2022)
- Jan 19 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
- Jan 12 2022Waiver of right of respondent Norton Outdoor Advertising, Inc. to respond filed.
- Jan 12 2022Waiver of right of respondent Lamar Advantage GP Company, LLC to respond filed.
- Dec 14 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 18, 2022)