Legal Opinion
National Advertising Co. v. City of Ashland
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 26, 1982No. 81-3076PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
The City of Ashland, Oregon, passed an ordinance in 1973 ordering that billboards be taken down after a five-year amortization period. National Advertising Company sought a declaration in federal court that the ordinance was preempted by the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, Pub.L. 89-285, Title I, 79 Stat. 1028, now codified, as amended, at 23 U.S.C. § 131 (1976), and by Oregon statutes. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship as well as on the alleged existence of a federal question. The district court found for National on both federal and state law…
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