Court Update

By Stephen C. Buckley, Legal Services Counsel and Jonathan Cowal, Municipal Services Counsel

Now available online:

May 2022

When Expressing Official Points of View, Local Government Can Control the Content of Signs and Flags Displayed on Municipal Property Under a Written Policy, Shurtleff v. City of Boston, United States Supreme Court Docket No. 20–1800, 05/02/2022

April 2022

The State Supreme Court Essentially Affirmed the Superior Court’s Opinion that an Investigative Report into a Police Officer’s Conduct is Subject to the Privacy Interest v. Public Interest Balancing Test, Provenza v. Town of Canaan, New Hampshire Supreme Court Case No. 2020-0563, 04/22/2022 Municipalities Can Adopt Sign Codes that Impose More Stringent Regulations or Prohibitions for Off-premise Signs as Opposed to On-premise Signs, City of Austin v. Reagan National, United States Supreme Court Docket No. 20–1029, 04/21/22