NY: Justice dismisses charge over messages on trailer
The Watertown Daily Times reports:
Daniel W. Burritt, owner of Acts II Construction, 662 Route 11, had been ticketed for not having a permit for the trailer that displays numerous messages.
The town claimed he was using the trailer as a billboard, while he contends the messages are protected by his First Amendment rights of free speech.
His case has been taken up by the Alliance Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., a legal group that advocates for religious freedoms, which agrees that his constitutional rights have been jeopardized.
Town Justice John W. Riordan did not address the free speech argument, but ruled Thursday that town law does not mention that a permit is required to erect a sign . . .