Legal Opinion

People v. Steele

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1907PublishedCited by 47 opinions

Writ of Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. William N. Gemmill, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

These cases have been submitted together by agreement. The plaintiffs in error were convicted in the municipal court of Chicago of violations of the act approved June 4, 1907, “to prohibit the sale of tickets for more than the price printed thereon, for theaters, circuses and places of amusement, and declaring same a misdemeanor, and fixing the penalties therefor, and to repeal a certain act herein named.” (Laws of 1907, p. 269.) Writs of error have been sued out of this court, and the only question presented is the constitutionality of that act.

It is conceded that the plaintiff in error…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Ritchie v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Western Turf Assn. v. GreenbergSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  4. Town of Lake View v. Rose Hill Cemetery Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Millett v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. Tyson & Brother v. BantonSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. Burton v. Municipal CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  3. The People v. BelcastroIllinois Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Kirtley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1949
  5. State v. GoldsteinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1922

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