IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, Winter 2016
Welcome!

A new year, and new resolutions. Here at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP, one of our 2016 resolutions is to provide our clients with fresh, relevant, and useful legal information on a regular basis. We're pleased to bring you In the Public Interest, our new public agency e-newsletter.

In this issue, we'll tell you why you might want to add "update sign ordinance" to your list of 2016 resolutions. We'll also delve into the evidentiary rules for eminent domain cases, now clarified in a recent Court of Appeal victory for one of the firm's longtime agency clients.


We hope you enjoy this issue, and look forward to connecting with you more in the future.
Practical Tips for Sign Ordinances Post- Reed
In Reed v. Town of Gilbert, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a local sign ordinance as an unconstitutional restriction on speech, calling into question the constitutionality of other local sign ordinances across the country. We offer a brief guide to updating your sign ordinance in light of Reed.

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Firm Victory Clarifies Eminent Domain Rules
SMW won a significant victory for the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency when the Court of Appeal upheld a favorable eminent domain jury verdict in SAFCA v. Dhaliwal. The case clarifies two important evidentiary rules applicable to the jury’s determination of “just compensation.”

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In the Public Interest is Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, LLP's regular e-newsletter of fresh, relevant, and useful legal information for public agencies.
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