Legal Opinion
William Thomas, Jr. v. TN Dep't of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 6, 2014No. 13-6544UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIA SMITH GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Williams H. Thomas, Jr., believes that the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is selectively and unlawfully enforcing a Tennessee state law that requires commercial billboard owners and operators to obtain a permit. After TDOT initiated a state-court suit against Thomas to compel him to remove one of his billboards, Thomas filed this action against TDOT alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The district court held that Thomas’s suit was barred by another constitutional amendment — the…
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