Metropolis Theatre Co. v. City of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Bill in equity brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, State of Illinois, to restrain thé enforcement of a certain ordinance of' the city of Chicago, requiring licenses for places of amusement. The ordinance divides the places of amusemept into twenty-one classes.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Bill in equity brought in the Circuit Court of Cook County, State of Illinois, to restrain thé enforcement of a certain ordinance of' the city of Chicago, requiring licenses for places of amusement. The ordinance divides the places of amusemept into twenty-one classes. The, entertainments offered by complainants fall, within the first class, which is defined as “all entertainments of a theatrical, dramatic, vaudeville, variety or spectacular character.” The license fee is graded according to the, price of admission, exclusive of box seats,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
delivéred the opinion of the court, after making the above statement.
The attack of complainants (we so call plaintiffs in error) is upon the classification of the ordinance. It is contended that, the purpose of the ordinance is to raise revenue and that its classification has no relation to such purpose and theréfbre is arbitrarily discriminatory, and thereby offends the Fourteenth Amendment, of the Constitution of the United States. The character ..ascribed to the ordinance-by the Supreme Court of. the State is not without uncertainty. But wé may assume, as complainants assert, that the…
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