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CHICAGO A federal appeals court yesterday struck down a Cleveland ordinance banning most billboard advertising of alcoholic beverages in the city.
The 6th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court ruling that the advertising restrictions infringed on freedom of speech and were already restricted under state law, which allows alcohol ads on billboards not located close to churches, schools or playgrounds.
National advertising agency Eller Media Co. sued to block the Cleveland ordinance it deemed unconstitutional.
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