HAMILTON v. ANDREWS

No. C75-153T.

416 F.Supp. 24 (1976)

Alfred R. HAMILTON and Ruth M. Hamilton, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. G. H. ANDREWS, Director, Washington State Highway Commission, and Slade Gorton, Attorney General for the State of Washington, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington.

June 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Ruthford, Ruthford & Lind, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Slade Gorton, Atty. Gen., Michael A. McKean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Olympia, Wash., for defendants.

Before WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and VOORHEES and EAST, District Judges.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

In this Section 1983 action [42 U.S.C. § 1983] plaintiffs allege that portions of the Washington Highway Advertising Control Act (The Act) [R.C.W. ch. 47.42] violate their constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. We dismiss the complaint and action without prejudice.

In October 1974, plaintiffs erected a billboard on their farmland adjacent to Interstate Highway 5 in the State of Washington. Although the bulk...

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