Legal Opinion
General Auto Service Station LLC v. City of Chicago, Illinois, and Lamar Advertising Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 2003No. 02-1588PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Since 1962 a large commercial sign has been painted on the south wall of the building at 1127 North State Street in Chicago. Sometime after 1962 lighting was added. General Auto Service Station owns the building; Whiteco Outdoor Advertising leases the wall and operates the sign. (We skip over the details of the ownership and lease, which may be found in the district court’s opinion, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23711, 2001 WL 568148 (N.D.I11. May 21, 2001), and for consistent usage we refer to the lessee as Whiteco even though the current lessee is Lamar Advertising…
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