Galaxy Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Idaho Transportation Department

BAKES, Justice.

Appellants appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of the Idaho Transportation Department. The district court, in granting summary judgment, ruled that contracts executed between the advertising companies and the Idaho Department of Transportation bound all parties and prevented the advertising companies from recovering for certain highway signs removed pursuant to federal and state highway beautification acts. We affirm.

This controversy arose following the enactment of the Federal Highway Beautification Act in 1965. The federal act required that…