GEFT Outdoor wins a digital billboard case in Indiana (Billboard Insider)

A US District Court Judge for the Southern District of Indiana ruled yesterday in favor of GEFT Outdoor in its case versus the City of Evansville.  GEFT sued Evansville after being denied a variance request to construct a digital billboard.  Here are links to the Court’sEntry on Cross Motions for Summary Judgement and the Order Entering Permanent Injunction.    The Court determined that the city’s on premise/off-premise mode of sign regulation is a content based regulation of speech that the city’s sign standards are an impermissible restraint on free speech because they give the city unbgridled discretion in making the permit decision and because they lack sufficient prodedural safeguards. […]