Anti-Gulf War Signage

Description of the Art Work: White cardboard sign bearing the phrases, "Say No To War In The Persian Gulf" and "Call Congress Now" above the silhouettes of eight youngsters.
Description of incident: Margaret Gilleo placed the sign on her lawn to protest the war and it disappeared overnight. A replacement sign was stolen and Gilleo called the police, who told her signs were illegal anyway. When Gilleo placed an notebook-paper sized sign reading "For Peace in the Gulf" in a second-story window in her home Ladue amended its sign ordinance to include signs in residential windows facing the street. Gilleo and the American Civil Liberties Union appealed to a U.S. District Court, which ruled the city ordinance unconstitutional and granted an injunction. Ladue appealed the decision in 1993 and was again overruled.
Results of incident: On February 23, 1994, the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court and civil libertarians are anxiously awaiting the high court's decision. "The more I analyze the case, I have trouble figuring out a way Ladue is going to win, but I see lots of ways in which Ladue might lose," said Alan Howard, constitutional expert and law professor at St. Louis University.

Source: Chicago Tribune, 2/22/94