CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR v. DEPT. OF FINANCE

No. 2910, Sept. Term, 2018.

223 A.3d 1050 (2020)

244 Md. App. 304

CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, INC. v. DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE OF BALTIMORE CITY.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

January 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by: Virginia A. Seitz (Gordon D. Todd, Jacquelyn E. Fradette, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C. and Benjamin Rosenberg, Jamar R. Brown, Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP, Baltimore, MD), all on the brief, for Appellant.

Argued by: Rachel Simmonsen (Michael Redmond, Andre M. Davis, City Solicitor, Matthew W. Nayden, Chief, Litigation Division, Steven J. Potter, Chief Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Berger, Beachley, Wells, JJ.


This appeal involves a constitutional challenge to Baltimore City Ordinance 13-139 ("the Ordinance"), which imposes an excise tax ("the Tax") on outdoor advertising displays. Balt. City Code Art. 28, § 29. Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. ("Clear Channel") owns or operates hundreds of billboards subject to the Tax. It initially challenged...

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