Litigation
Oct. 28, 2014
Ruling against LA billboard ban shows need for ordinance rewrite: experts
Earlier this month, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Luis A. Lavin said he 'respectfully disagrees' with the 9th Circuit and struck down the city's ordinance in a case brought against L.A. by Lamar Central Outdoor LLC.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - For more than a decade, outdoor advertising companies have tried to convince the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to deem unconstitutional a Los Angeles city ordinance banning billboards.
Three cases went before the federal appellate judges, and three times, the ordinance that limits so-called off-site commercial advertising passed constitutional muster.
But earlier this mo...
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