U.S. Supreme Court
Mar. 6, 2012
High court could weigh in on a California-Nevada spat
The U.S. Supreme Court could announce Monday whether it will take up Oakland's bid to collect on a $500,000 judgment against a Nevada company that the Nevada Supreme Court said is unenforceable there.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - A California state court hit an advertising company with a judgment of nearly $500,000 for flouting an Oakland ordinance for billboards, a sum that includes $75 in damages for each day during the four years the company kept up the sign over the city's objection.
But Oakland has a problem: it can't collect.
Desert Outdoor Advertising Inc. folded its California operatio...
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