Legal Opinion

Outdoor Media Dimensions, Inc. v. Department of Transportation

Oregon Supreme Court

Decided March 23, 2006No. ODOT 88691, 89838, 90587, 90588, 90589, 91564; CA A116814; SC S50458; ODOT 79817, 85185; CA A113875, A114027; SC S49978; DMV 66981, 68677, 70642, 74573, 74889; CA A106450; SC S50007; DMV 58118; CA A102328; SC S50003; DMV 61907, 63047; CA A100658, A100659; SC S50044PublishedCited by 34 opinions

(Consolidated for Argument and Opinion)

1Opinion of the Court

*279BALMER, J.

Article I, section 8, of the Oregon Constitution provides, in part, that “[n]o law shall be passed restraining the tree expression of opinion, or restricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever [.]” In these five consolidated cases, we consider the relationship between that provision and the state’s regulation of signs along highways under the Oregon Motorist Information Act, ORS 377.700 to 377.840 and ORS 377.992 (1999) (OMIA).1 For the reasons that we discuss below, we conclude that (1) many of the OMIA’s restrictions on highway signs, including the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Heffron v. International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. ForbesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Outdoor Media Dimensions Inc. v. StateOregon Supreme Court · 2001
  4. State v. RobertsonOregon Supreme Court · 1982
  5. Rappa v. New Castle CountyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. State v. Illig-RennOregon Supreme Court · 2006
  2. Moro v. State of OregonOregon Supreme Court · 2015
  3. State v. BabsonOregon Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Vannatta v. Oregon Government Ethics CommissionOregon Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Citizens for Free Speech, LLC v. County of AlamedaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2015

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