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b. Make the argument, as the lower court did, that the Tampa statute does apply to Voyeur
Dorm.
c. Why was Tampa concerned about Voyeur Dorm operating in a residential neighborhood? d.
Does Tampa have any additional legal grounds for challenging Voyeur Dorm? Explain.
2. The city government in Cedar Falls, Iowa, home of the University of Northern Iowa, declined
to renew the liquor license of a local bar after 58 of 100 “bar checks” over a period of nearly
two years found minors drinking illegally. One hundred and seventy four alcohol-related tickets
were issued over that period.
a. Could the free market satisfactorily protect the public from the various risks associated with
excessive drinking by college-age students, or are rules necessary?
3. Two Dallas, Texas, ordinances were challenged in court. One gave the police very broad
authority to deny licenses to “adult” businesses such as bookstores. The other, which was
directed at prostitution, barred motel owners from renting rooms for fewer than 10 hours.
4. The Los Angeles municipal code prohibits some types of new billboards and restricts the size,
placement, and illumination of others. The Los Angeles code seeks to “promote public safety
and welfare” by “providing reasonable protection to the visual environment” and by ensuring
that billboards do not “interfere with traffic safety or otherwise endanger public safety.” One
provision of the code specifically forbids new “Freeway Facing Signs” located within 2,000 feet
of and “viewed primarily from” a freeway or an on-ramp/off-ramp. Another forbids, with
exceptions, new “supergraphics,” large format signs projected onto or hung from building walls.
The Los Angeles rules allow new signs in some portions of the city while banning them in
others.
a. The billboard rules were challenged on constitutional grounds. Explain those grounds and
rule on the constitutionality of the rules.
b. Should Los Angeles simply allow the market to determine where billboards are placed?
Explain.
6. a. Can we rely on the market to protect teens from excessive tanning? Explain.
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