City of La Crosse v. The Lamar Companies

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN CITY OF LA CROSSE, Plaintiff, v. FAIRWAY OUTDOOR FUNDING, LLC., d/b/a LAMAR ADVERTISING OF LA CROSSE, trade name THE LAMAR COMPANIES, OPINION and ORDER Defendant, 20-cv-549-jdp v. CRAIG THOMPSON and WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Third-party defendants. At the edge of downtown La Crosse, near a traffic artery, sits a modest commercial building. The city purchased the building intending to spearhead redevelopment of the area. The building isn’t much to look at, with a sheet-metal structure tacked onto one side.…