WORLD WIDE RUSH, LLC v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Nos. 08-56454, 08-56523, 09-55494, 09-55792, 09-55791.

606 F.3d 676 (2010)

WORLD WIDE RUSH, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company; Insite Outdoor Works LA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES, a California municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Sky Tag, Inc., a California corporation; Sky Tag West, Inc., a California corporation; Sunset & Vine, Inc., a California corporation; West Hollywood Inc., a California corporation; Sky Creative Services, Inc., a California corporation; Sky Posters Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Los Angeles, a California Charter city, Defendant-Appellant. Wilshire Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Jamison 1055 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; Wilmont, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Equitable Plaza, LLC, a California limited liability company; 3545 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; Metroplex, LLC, a California limited liability company; 3600 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 3699 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 4041 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 4055 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 4201 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; Jamison 5455 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; West Wilshire Medical Center, LLC, a California limited liability company; 9800 La Cienega, LLC, a California limited liability company; Fairfax Business Center, LLC, a California limited liability company; 7080 Hollywood, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; 700 Flower Plaza, LLC, a California limited liability company company; 4929 Wilshire, LP, a Delaware limited partnership; 3575 Cahuenga, LLC, a California limited liability company; 1900 Westwood, LLC, a California limited liability; 933 N. La Brea, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Royal Beverly Glen Plaza, LLC, a California limited liability company; 1055 Seventh, LLC, a California limited liability company; 6380 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 11620 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 3875 Wilshire, LLC, a California limited liability company; 16501 Ventura, LLC, a California limited liability company; 17000 Ventura, LLC, a California limited liability company; 22801 Ventura, LLC, a California limited liability company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. City of Los Angeles, a California Charter city, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen A. Trutanich, Rockard J. Delgadillo, Jeri L. Burge, Kenneth T. Fong, Tayo A. Popoola, and Michael J. Bostrom of the Office of the City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant City of Los Angeles.

Rex S. Heinke, Michael C. Small, L. Rachel Helyar, Maria Ellinikos, and Christopher Blanchard of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Paul E. Fisher of the Law Offices of Paul E. Fisher, Newport Beach, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees World Wide Rush, LLC, et al.

Gary S. Mobley of Case, Knowlson & Jordan, LLP, Newport Beach, CA, for plaintiffs-appellees Sky Tag, Inc., et al.

Philip R. Recht and Andrew T. Kugler of Mayer Brown, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae Community Redevelopment Association, LLC.

Michael Jenkins and Gregg Kovacevich of Jenkins & Hogin, LLP, Manhattan Beach, CA, for amicus curiae League of California Cities.

Luis Li, Allison B. Stein, and Jenny M. Jiang of Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for amicus curiae Van Wagner Communications.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, STEPHEN S. TROTT and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


WARDLAW, Circuit Judge:

The City of Los Angeles ("City") appeals the grant of summary judgment in favor of World Wide Rush and Insite Outdoor Works LA (collectively "WWR") and the entry of injunctions in favor of WWR and Wilshire Center, Jamison, and Sky Tag (collectively "Sky Tag") enjoining enforcement of certain billboard regulations. We must decide whether the district court erred in concluding that (1) the City's Freeway...

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