Lamar Advantage Holding Co. v. Arkansas State Highway Commission

Jim Gunter, Justice.

Appellant, Lamar Advantage Holding Co., Inc. (“Lamar”), appeals the Saline County Circuit Court’s ruling granting summary judgment in favor of the Arkansas State Highway Commission (“ASHC”). We reverse the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment and remand for trial.

Lamar is in the outdoor advertising business. On May 1, 2000, Lamar, through a predecessor, leased a small piece of land next to Interstate 30 in Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas, for a ten-year term with a ten-year option to renew. Lamar erected a billboard structure, with four illuminated faces…