Lower Court Holding in Reed v. Gilbert
Decision of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Good News is a relatively small church with 25 to 30 adult members and 4 to 10 children. For a time, Good News placed about 17 signs in the area surrounding its place of worship in Gilbert announcing the time and location of its services. In 2005, Good News received an advisory notice from Gilbert that it was violating the town’s sign ordinance because “the signs were displayed outside the statutorily-limited time period.” In March 2008, Good News filed suit in Federal court in Arizona alleging that Gilbert’s Sign Code violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment and…
