Chicago-Midwest Meat Ass'n v. City of Evanston

Plaintiffs, Chicago-Midwest Meat Association (Association) and 75 individual corporations (corporations) engaged in the meat food products industry, appeal from the dismissal of their action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the 14 municipal defendants. The suit, initiated on August 20, 1979, was brought under the Illinois Meat and Poultry Inspection Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 56%, par. 301 et seq.), the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and the Federal Wholesome Meat Act (21 U.S.C. §601 et seq. (1976)) to seek a declaration of rights and injunctive relief against…