Tag: litigation

Reagan Wins Rebuild Case in Indiana

On September 25, 2023 the Indiana Supreme court ruled in favor of Reagan Outdoor Advertising in a sign rebuild dispute with Noblesville, Indiana.  Here are the facts of the case. Reagan owned a non-conforming billboard in Noblesville.  The Noblesville ordinance required non-conforming billboards to be kept in good repair and […]

Lamar Wins Decisive Round in Mt Washington Case

Yesterday Lamar won a decisive battle in its ongoing dispute with the city of Pittsburgh over the Mt Washington billboard.  The city cited Lamar for breaching the zoning code by enlarging or replacing a non-conforming sign when Lamar stretched a vinyl over the face of a non-conforming electronic sign.  The […]

Cree Responds to Watchfire Lawsuit

  As a follow up to our story this week about Watchfire and Cree, the Triangle Business Journal reports that Cree pushed back by filing a counter suit on February 28th. The litigation surrounds a Cree product called C4SM – oval LEDs designed for full-color video screens, digital billboards and […]

Michael Wright on Rethinking Reed and Commercial Speech.

By Michael F Wright Ever since Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego (1981), courts have been applying an ultra-lenient version of intermediate scrutiny under Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Service Commission (1980) to content-based regulation of commercial signs. Then in Reed v. Town of Gilbert, Arizona […]

Rapid City Council Meets On Epic Outdoor Settlement

Rapid City, South Dakota met last night in an attempt to finalize a settlement with Epic Outdoor at their Monday night City Council meeting. According to city records, in 2012 Epic Outdoor Advertising filed suit against the City based on the initiated sign ordinances which were adopted in 2011.  That […]

PA court orders digital billboard down.

On April 3, 2017  a Pennsylvania Court ruled that Kegerreis Outdoor Advertising must take down a 57 foot high digital billboard at the interchange of Interstate 83 and 283 because it is too close to the road. Here are links to a Pennlive article and Kegerreis v Department of Transportation. […]

The Latest Development in Scenic America’s Digital Billboard Lawsuit

When Insider last reported on this case, Scenic America had lost its attempt to overturn federal guidance on digital billboards on appeal and then asked the US Supreme Court to hear the case. Last week, the Supreme Court asked the government and the billboard industry – the defendants — to […]

GEFT 2, Indy 0

GEFT Outdoor of Indianapolis scored a big win yesterday.  WishTV and the Indianapolis Business Journal  report that Indianapolis will permit GEFT convert two static billboards inside the 465 loop in Indianapolis to digital signs as a litigation settlement.  The city declined GEFT’s request to construct two digital signs in 2015. […]

Adams Loses WI Court Attempt to Delay Removing Billboards

Madison.com reports that a Dane County judge has declined Adams request to delay removal of three Madison, WI billboards while it appeals a decision in which a judge threw out its open meeting lawsuit against Dane County. Adams sued Dane County after the County refused to approve a lease renewal […]

Lawsuit Targets Tennessee Billboard Rules

A post from The Commercial Appeal, shares a story on a pending Tennessee lawsuit. For the past decade, Memphis outdoor-advertising operator and attorney William H. Thomas Jr. has defiantly put up billboards without permits and refused to take them down when ordered to do so. Thomas has also pursued a legal option and U.S. […]