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SC: Federal judge strikes statute regulating ?adult business? billboards

By Alliance Alert

A federal judge held that ?a South Carolina law limiting the placement of billboards advertising adult businesses is unconstitutional.? The Sign Statute at issue, S.C. Code Ann. § 57-25-145 (enacted in 2006), ?prohibits most businesses which offer sexually-oriented materials or entertainment from using any ?offpremises, outdoor advertising . . . located within one mile of a public highway.?? Grandfathered signs, such as those at issue in this case, were given until February 2009 to come into compliance with the law. Carolina Pride sued and was granted a preliminary injunction?and the government appealed.

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 19, 2009 (boomark / email).