Legal Foundations

Question 1

Metromedia vs. City of San Diego

Answer 1

Sign Regulation.
The plurality found that traffic safety and aesthetics were substantial. All the Justices agreed that aesthetics is a legitimate and substantial governmental interest.

Question 2

Berman v. Parker (1954)

Answer 2

Justice Douglas noted that public safety, health, morality, peace and quiet, law and order–which are some of the more conspicuous examples of the traditional application of the police power–merely illustrate the scope of the power and do not limit it.

Question 3

Members of the City Council of the City of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent

Answer 3

Sign Regulations.