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Legal Citation: 513 U.S. 374 (1994)

Petitioner
City of Ladue, et al.

Respondent
Margaret P. Gilleo

Petitioner's Claim
That the city of Ladue's ban on residential signs except in ten exempted cases did not violate Margaret Gilleo's First Amendment right to free speech.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Jordan B. Cherrick

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Gerald P. Greiman

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony M. Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, David H. Souter, John Paul Stevens (writing for the Court), Clarence Thomas

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
13 June 1994

Decision
Upheld the lower court's ruling that the city of Ladue's ban on residential signs did in fact...