Legal Opinion
Caren Cronk Thomas and Windy City Hemp Development Board v. Chicago Park District
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 14, 2000No. 99-1811PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Among the regulations of the Chicago Park District governing the use of its parks is one requiring that a permit be obtained for an assembly, parade, demonstration, sporting event, or other use of the park by a group of 50 or more persons. Chi. Park Dist.Code ch. VII § C. The regulation spells out the criteria for the grant of such a permit, and the procedures for obtaining it and for challenging its denial, in considerable detail. The plaintiffs, who want to use the park for rallies in favor of repealing the laws criminalizing the sale of marijuana, claim that the…
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