Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms City’s Sign Code Survives Intermediate Scrutiny

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms City’s Sign Code Survives Intermediate Scrutiny

This post was authored by Tyler Doan, Esq.

Plaintiffs filed applications with the City of Austin to digitize existing traditional billboards and to upgrade signs with less sophisticated digitization. The Defendant denied their application because the signs would advertise for

How Ace Attorney spawned one of the most enduring character ships ever

How Ace Attorney spawned one of the most enduring character ships ever

“The entire game revolves around these two men dancing around each other. The courtroom battles are like a tango, a back-and-forth exchange.”

That’s how Claire Stenger, senior narrative designer at Gameloft, describes the relationship between Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth.

NY Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Area Variances Based on Neighborhood Character and Because the Requested Variances were Substantial

NY Appellate Court Affirms Denial of Area Variances Based on Neighborhood Character and Because the Requested Variances were Substantial

This post was authored by Amy Lavine, Esq.

The petitioner had requested variances from several different zoning requirements, including the regulations for lot area, lot frontage, front yard setbacks, rear yard setbacks, and minimum and total side yard setbacks, which

CA Appeals Court Finds Ordinance Limiting Transient Commercial Use of Residential Property Did Not Violate Substantive Due Process

CA Appeals Court Finds Ordinance Limiting Transient Commercial Use of Residential Property Did Not Violate Substantive Due Process

This post was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

Plaintiffs William and Susan Hobbs and Donald and Irma Shirkey brought this case asking the court to find that defendant City of Pacific Grove—by granting them one-year licenses to offer residential real

CA Appeals Courtroom Holds Impression Mitigation Charge was Not Topic to the Heightened Scrutiny of the Nollan/Dolan Take a look at

CA Appeals Courtroom Holds Impression Mitigation Charge was Not Topic to the Heightened Scrutiny of the Nollan/Dolan Take a look at

This submit was authored by Matthew Loescher, Esq.

On this case, plaintiff George Sheetz challenged the $23,420 visitors impression mitigation charge (“TIM charge”) imposed by the defendant El Dorado County as a situation of issuing him a constructing allow for