Liberty Bell, Inc. v. State, Department of Transportation

Liberty Bell, Inc. owns an outdoor billboard located at Interstate 80 and State Route 193 in Trumbull County, Ohio. The billboard is within twelve feet of the interstate highway. In late 1979 or early 1980, John A. Makar, Supervisor of the Advertising Device Control Section of the Ohio Department of Transportation, discovered that the billboard advertised off-premise businesses. In July 1983, Ray Plough, field representative of the Department of Transportation, contacted Dan Oljaca of Liberty Bell and informed him that the billboard was illegally located under the law. Plough also advised…