Advertising Restrictions during the 1973 Oil Crisis Case Study
Assignment OverviewAssignment GoalsInstructionsPart I: Read the case, Central Hudson Gas v. Public Service Commission, and address the following questions:Part IIYou are the public relations director for Oscars Sporting Goods. Your boss, Striker Sear, is planning to construct a billboard across the street from Ole Johnson University advertising the sale of its latest line of handguns. According to Mr. Sear, this is the perfect location since the billboard would be visible from the freeway. The university discovered Oscars plans, and in light of recent campus violence, is asking the city council to pass an ordinance banning all billboards advertising weapons near school campuses.i) Is the commercial speech (the billboard) worthy of First Amendment Protection?ii) Does the government have a substantial interest for regulating the speech?iii) Does the regulation directly advance the governments interest?iv) Is the regulation no broader than necessary to realize that interest?
