Court: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Question: If a city builds a bridge that blocks the view of a billboard, is that a taking of private property that merits compensation?
The Court: No compensation for a bridge that blocks a billboard
The billboard company argument: the business has been deprived of “all economically beneficial use”
Why is this not a compensable taking? the right to visibility of private property from a public road “is not a cognizable right giving rise to a protected property interest,”
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