Legal Opinion
Friedrich v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided September 18, 1985No. 84 C 7719PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ASPEN, District Judge:
A class of street performers has sued the City of Chicago (“the City”) challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance which allegedly violates the performers’ rights to entertain pedestrians on Chicago’s sidewalks. They claim violations of their First Amendment rights of expression and Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection of the laws. Last month we conducted a trial on plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining the City from enforcing the ordinance. We converted the hearing into one for permanent injunctive relief.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Police Dept. of Chicago v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Larry Horton v. City of St. AugustineCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- David K. Nelson, Jr. v. Allan Streeter, Dorothy Tillman, and Bobby L. RushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- Friedrich v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Friedrich v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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