Legal Opinion

Traverso v. Department of Transportation

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 20, 2001No. A087456PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

KAY, J.

Richard Traverso doing business as Adco Outdoor Advertising appeals from an order dismissing his first amended petition for writ of mandate and complaint for damages (the complaint) against the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) after Caltrans’s demurrer was sustained without leave to amend, This suit unsuccessfully attempts to revive permits for billboards which were canceled over a quarter-century ago. The dismissal is affirmed.

I. Background

The permits in question are for four billboards along U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo County. The prior owners of the…

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