Eller Media Co. v. City of Reno

OPINION

Appellant Eller Media Company, f/k/a DR Partners d/b/a Donrey Outdoor Advertising Company, petitioned for a writ of mandamus to compel the City Clerk for the respondent City of Reno to remove from the November 2000 general election ballot an initiative petition submitted by respondent Citizens for a Scenic Reno. The proposed initiative sought to prohibit the City of Reno from issuing permits for the construction of new off-premise advertising displays/billboards. The district court denied Eller Media’s application for a writ of mandamus, and subsequently, the initiative was passed…