Pacific Outdoor Advertising Co. v. City of Burbank

Opinion

STEPHENS, J.

This appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of the City of Burbank (hereinafter Burbank) on the issue of its liability in an alleged inverse condemnation action brought by plaintiff-appellant Pacific Outdoor Advertising Company (hereinafter Pacific). The principal issue was whether Burbank was liable for allegedly inversely condemning Pacific’s six outdoor advertising structures by “inducing” the termination of Pacific’s lease regarding said structures in its dealings with a third party from whom Burbank wished to lease the land upon which the signs were located. The…