COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORP. v. CITY & CTY., DENVER

No. 26784.

542 P.2d 79 (1975)

COMBINED COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Arizona Corporation, d/b/a Eller Outdoor Advertising Co. of Colorado, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, a Municipal Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Richard P. Holme, Law, Nagel & Clark, Ralph M. Clark, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Max P. Zall, Robert M. Kelly, John L. Stoffel, Jr., Denver, for defendants-appellants.

Phillip Tocker, Brownsville, Tex., for amicus curiae Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Inc.

Weil, Lee & Bergin, Gilbert H. Weil, New York City, for amicus curiae, The Association of National Advertisers, Inc.

Raymond C. Johnson, Patrick J. Burke, Lakewood, for amicus curiae City of Lakewood.


GROVES, Justice.

In 1971 the City and County of Denver enacted two ordinances, numbered 94 and 95. These were a part of the Denver Sign Code. They related to off-premises outdoor advertising, i. e., they did not apply to advertising as it pertains to a business on its own premises. No. 94 in effect prohibited the erection of new outdoor advertising signs. No. 95 required, over a period of time, the removal of existing signs of this character. Combined Communications...

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