Clear Channel Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. City of St. Paul

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

Appellant Clear Channel Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (Clear Channel) brought a declaratory judgment action challenging respondent City of St. Paul’s (the city) denial of an application for building permits to effect repairs to three billboards. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the city and denied Clear Channel’s motion for summary judgment, but permitted Clear Channel to amend its complaint to include a regulatory takings cause of action. The district court denied the city’s second motion for summary judgment and certified the following question as…