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Crit. Serv., App. v. City of E.C., A.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1949
89 N.E.2d 475 (Ohio 1949)

Summary

In Criterion Service, Inc. v. City of East Cleveland, 88 N.E.2d 300, appeal dismissed, 152 Ohio St. 416, 89 N.E.2d 475, it was held that a zoning ordinance which prohibited advertising signs and billboards except as they might be displayed as an accessory use to the business conducted on the property was constitutional, the court pointing out that outdoor advertising is a business that is subject to classification as are all other commercial enterprises.

Summary of this case from Landau Advertising Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Opinion

No. 31931

Decided December 14, 1949.

Supreme Court — Dismissal, sua sponte — No debatable constitutional question involved — Injunction denied outdoor advertising company — Municipal zoning ordinance — Advertising signs and billboards excluded from retail store districts — Company leased outside wall space, installed wall boards and posted advertisements — Municipal authorities refused permits and ordered signs and billboards removed — Deprivation of property, due process and equal protection of law — Sections 1 and 19, Article 1, Constitution — Section 1, Article XIV, Amendments, U.S. Constitution.

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Cuyahoga county.

Messrs. Rocker Schwartz, and Mr. Francis B. Douglass, for appellant.

Mr. E.A. Binyon, for appellee.


It is ordered and adjudged, sua sponte, that this appeal as of right be, and the same hereby is, dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., MATTHIAS, HART and TURNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Crit. Serv., App. v. City of E.C., A.

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 14, 1949
89 N.E.2d 475 (Ohio 1949)

In Criterion Service, Inc. v. City of East Cleveland, 88 N.E.2d 300, appeal dismissed, 152 Ohio St. 416, 89 N.E.2d 475, it was held that a zoning ordinance which prohibited advertising signs and billboards except as they might be displayed as an accessory use to the business conducted on the property was constitutional, the court pointing out that outdoor advertising is a business that is subject to classification as are all other commercial enterprises.

Summary of this case from Landau Advertising Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
Case details for

Crit. Serv., App. v. City of E.C., A.

Case Details

Full title:CRITERION SERVICE, INC., APPELLANT v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND, APPELLEE

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 14, 1949

Citations

89 N.E.2d 475 (Ohio 1949)
89 N.E.2d 475

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