STATE BY SPANNAUS v. HOPF

Nos. 81-456, 81-498, 81-519 and 81-544.

323 N.W.2d 746 (1982)

STATE of Minnesota, By Warren SPANNAUS, its Attorney General, Respondent, v. Dexter R. HOPF, et al., Respondents Below, Naegele, Inc., Appellant, Park Properties, Respondent. STATE of Minnesota, by Warren SPANNAUS, its Attorney General, Respondent, v. Grant A. WARD, et al., Respondents Below, Naegele, Inc., Appellant, Joseph L. Winkler, et al., Respondents Below.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faegre & Benson and Gordon Conn, Jr., Minneapolis, for Naegele, Inc.

Ince Tischleder & Associates and Marvin Liszt, Bloomington, Peterson, Engberg & Peterson and Richard Pepin, Jr., and Bradley Gillan, Minneapolis, for Naegele, Inc. and Naegele Outdoor Advertising Co. of the Twin Cities, Inc.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., James C. Donnelly and John C. Jeppesen, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for State By Spannaus.

Donald L. Bush, Minneapolis, for Park Properties.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.


WAHL, Justice.

The state seeks condemnation under the Minnesota Outdoor Advertising Control Act, Minn.Stat. §§ 173.01-173.27 (1980) (the Act), of certain advertising devices (signs) owned by Naegele, Inc.1 The district courts of Hennepin and Ramsey Counties, where the actions were brought, granted the state's petitions as to all signs in question. We have consolidated the appeals from these decisions which we now affirm in part...

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