Old Broadway Corp. v. Hjelle

VANDE WALLE, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying class-action status to a group of advertisers whose messages appear on highway signs scheduled for removal by the North Dakota State Highway Commissioner. We affirm.

In June of 1985 the North Dakota State Highway Commissioner ordered the removal of a class of highway signs identified as “interim permitted signs.” A group of seven advertisers instituted an action against the Highway Commissioner seeking a writ of mandamus and a peremptory writ of prohibition or, alternatively, a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction.…