Skysign International, Inc. v. City and County of Honolulu Does 1-100

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• holding that the Federal Aviation Act does not “preclude local regulation ... that does not actually reach into the forbidden, exclusively federal areas, such as flight paths, hours, or altitudes”
• finding that presumption against preemption does not apply where aerial signage ordinance specifically targeted navigable airspace, an area where there is a history of significant federal presence
• upholding a local “land use ordinance” in part because federal aviation law does not “preclude local regulation ... that does not actually reach into the forbidden, exclusively federal areas, such as flight paths, hours, or altitudes”
• \[W]e conclude that the application of Honolulu's ordinances does not impede the federal policy or purpose in issuing [the] Certificates of Waiver.\
• “[S]tate law cannot by its mere existence stand as such an obstacle when the federal government contemplates coexistence between federal and local regulatory schemes.”
• \[W]e conclude that the application of Honolulu's ordinances does not impede the federal policy or purpose in issuing [the] Certificates of Waiver.\

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