Legal Opinion
Inhabitants of Boothbay v. National Advertising Co.
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 12, 1975PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DELAHANTY, Justice.
The Town of Boothbay brought an action to enjoin defendant National Advertising Company from maintaining a billboard within the Town in violation of a Town ordinance. The Superior Court (Lincoln County) granted a permanent injunction and in so doing upheld the validity of the ordinance in question. The defendant appeals, and we deny the appeal.
The record on appeal presents a tale of two ordinances. In March, 1970, the Town of Boothbay passed an ordinance which would have compelled the removal of all of defendant’s billboards within the Town that were located off of the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Murphy, Inc. v. Town of WestportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- United Advertising Corp. v. Borough of RaritanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
- Naegele Outdoor Advertising Co. of Minnesota, Inc. v. Village of MinnetonkaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
- Norate Corp. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San DiegoSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Driscoll v. GheewallaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Newman Signs, Inc. v. HjelleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Musk v. NelsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
- National Hearing Aid Centers, Inc. v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
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