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Dept. of Novel Legal Arguments

Jesse Walker | 7.26.2005 11:01 AM


Clear Channel argues that its Ford Amphitheatre in Tampa is an extension of the state, that the concerts there "constitute essential governmental purposes," and that the enterprise should enjoy sovereign immunity from the local noise ordinance and property taxes.

Update: The judge isn't buying it.

Books Editor Jesse Walker is the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.