Legal Opinion

National Advertising Company v. City of Raleigh, North Carolina, Southern Environmental Law Center, Amicus Curiae

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided October 25, 1991No. 90-3086PublishedCited by 193 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge:

Appellant National Advertising Company commenced this action in April 1989 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that a 1983 ordinance adopted by the City of Raleigh, North Carolina, restricting off-premise outdoor advertising signs, violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments and also resulted in a taking without just compensation in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court found that National’s suit was barred by North Carolina’s three-year limitations period set forth in G.S.N.C. § 1-52(2). On appeal, National contends that it suffered no…

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