Markham Advertising Company, Inc. v. Zahn

415 F.2d 772 MARKHAM ADVERTISING COMPANY, Inc., Casey and Stone Company, Columbia Basin Outdoor Advertising Company, Northwest Outdoor Advertising Corporation, 3M National Advertising Company, Obie Outdoor Advertising, Inc., Sunset Outdoor Advertising Company, Yakima Valley Poster Service, Inc., and Grover Advertising, Inc., Appellants, v. George D. ZAHN, Robert L. Mikalson, Harold Walsh, Baker Ferguson, John N. Rupp, as members of and acting as the Washington State Highway Commission, its officers, agents and employees, and C. G. Prahl, Director of the Department of Highways and the Washington State Highway Commission, Appellees. No. 24210. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. July 30, 1969. Rehearing Denied September 3, 1969. Alfred J. Schweppe (argued), and Thomas R. Beierle of Schweppe, Doolittle, Krug & Tausend, Seattle, Wash., for appellants. Delbert W. Johnson (argued), Sp. Asst.Atty.Gen., Slade Gorton, Atty.Gen., Olympia, Wash., for appellees. Before BARNES, MERRILL and BROWNING, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 Appellants seek a declaratory judgment to the effect that appellees may not, under Washington State law, remove appellants' outdoor advertising signs…