Legal Opinion
Scenic America, Inc. v. United States Department of Transportation
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 20, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2013-0093PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
This administrative-law dispute involves a conundrum that has long bedeviled the federal courts: How should rules written in the past apply to new and unforeseen circumstances in the present?
The question arises, surprisingly enough, in the context of Interstate-Highway regulation. Outdoor advertising on the Interstate is governed by the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, as well as a number of regulations and federal-state agreements enacted in accordance with that statute. Many of those agreements have long banned billboards…
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