Legal Opinion
Jack Schmidling, Mike Regenfuss, Larry Clark v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation and Richard M. Daley, in His Official Capacity
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 1993No. 92-1410PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Jack Schmidling, Mike Regenfuss, Larry Clark, Debra Lynn Petro, and Rick Hyerczyk (“plaintiffs”), reside in the City of Chicago and cultivate natural gardens on their property. They sued the City of Chicago and Mayor Richard M. Daley1 (“defendants”) in federal court claiming a “genuine fear” of prosecution under the City’s so-called weed ordinance, Municipal Code of Chicago § 7-28-120 (1990), which requires persons owning or controlling property within the City to keep the weeds on their property at an average height not exceeding ten inches. The district court dismissed…
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