J.B. Advertising, Inc. v. Sign Board of Appeals

Opinion

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This case involves the appeal by writ of certiorari from a municipal sign board’s decision to remove two billboards located in Car-rollton, Texas. We hold that the owners of the billboards were denied their right to due course of law at the sign board administrative hearing. The trial court’s judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded.

The billboards in question were built in 1983. Both billboards were issued sign permits as commercial billboards. In 1986, the City of Carrollton enacted a new sign code prohibiting commercial billboards. The 1986 sign code…