Business
1. The law at issue in the case was Ordinance 288 enacted by Baltimore City under the authority of the state. The Ordinance prohibited outdoor advertising of alcoholic beverages in locations where children walked and played, providing leeway for permitting such advertising in commercial and industrial zoned areas of the city. The law had emanated from Baltimore City’s findings that alcoholic beverages, the second most advertised products in America, were unique and distinguishable as a medium of advertising and they subjected the public to involuntary solicitation. Billboards advertising alcoholic beverages in areas where children walked to school or Continue reading...