Bullman v. City of Chicago

These consolidated cases are direct appeals from decrees of the circuit court of Cook county declaring the second-hand dealers license ordinance of the city of Chicago unconstitutional and invalid as to plaintiffs, and permanently enjoining its enforcement.

Complaints were filed by a number of Chicago concerns who allege that they are engaged in various businesses sought to be licensed and regulated by this ordinance. Some of the plaintiffs are engaged in the business of dismantling new and used automobiles, in the purchase of used automobiles, of new and old models, and the dismantling of the…