Newman Signs, Inc. v. Hjelle’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2022 · most notably Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981), 26 Cal. 3d 848 - Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1980)
4 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 23 U.S.C. § 131
Relies on Grayned v. City of Rockford · Village of Euclid Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co · Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · Grayned v. City of Rockford
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`a classification although discriminatory is not arbitrary nor violative of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if any state of facts reasonably can be conceived that would sustain it.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“On and after March 30, 1972, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway which is a part of the interstate or primary system in this state except the following: (1) Directional and other official signs, including, but nor limited to, signs pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historical attractions, which required or authorized by law, ... (2) Signs, displays, and devices advertising activities conducted on the property upon which they are located, or services and products therein provided; (3) Outdoor advertising in areas which are zoned industrial, commercial or the like as provided in sections 226.500 to 226.600 or under authority of law; (4) Outdoor advertising located in unzoned commercial or industrial areas as defined and determined pursuant to sections 226.500 to 226.-600; (5) Outdoor advertising for tourist oriented businesses, and scoreboards used in sporting events or other electronic signs with changeable messages which are not prohibited by federal regulations or local zoning ordinances. Section 226.527.1 provides: On or after August 13, 1976, no outdoor advertising shall be erected or maintained beyond six hundred and sixty feet of the right-of-way, located outside of urban areas, visible from the main traveled way of the interstate or primary system and erected with the purpose of its message being read from such traveled wa”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[i]n April 1966 the Commissioner issued an interim [permitted sign] policy to provide for controlled erection of advertising structures until final standards were promulgated by the [North Dakota Highway Corridor] Board in agreement with the Secretary of Commerce. It provided for permits to be issued under certain circumstances ‘for a term extending to January 1, 1970, unless sooner invalidated by agreement between the State Highway Commissioner and the Secretary of Commerce or by standards adopted by the Secretary of Commerce, at which time the sign must be removed by the permittee unless extended by the State Highway Commission. The permit-tee must agree to save the State harmless from any costs or liabilities arising from the removal of the sign and cancellation of the lease between sign owner and landowner.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.