The 9th District Court of Appeals struck down a City of Hudson ordinance that limited a resident's political signs to a total of eight square feet. Karen and Alex Arshinkoff placed a 32-square foot Bush/Cheney sign in their yard and were cited by the City for violating the sign ordinance. A lower court upheld the City's limitation, but the Court of Appeals found that the sign ordinance was an unconstitutional infringement on the right to freedom of speech in part because it limited residents' right to express their support for as many candidates as they desired. A copy of the 9th District Court of Appeals decision can be found here.
This case may not be over yet. Yesterday, the City of Hudson filed a Motion to Certify the appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court to resolve an apparent conflict of law between the Sixth District Court of Appeals decision in Village of Ottawa Hills v. Afjeh (Lucas App. No. L-02-1364), 2004-Ohio-7154 and the Ninth District Court of Appeals decision in Davis v. City of Green (1995), 106 Ohio App.3d 223.