People v. City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROBSON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a mandamus action by plaintiff, owner of a retail establishment licensed to sell at retail food products, soaps, tobaccos and beverages, requesting that chapter 147 of the Municipal Code of Chicago be declared to be in violation of plaintiff’s rights under the laws of the State of Illinois, and that defendants be commanded to issue to plaintiff a Class B City Retailer’s Liquor License upon the payment of a license fee not to exceed $250. The trial court denied defendants’ motion to strike the petition for mandamus and entered…