Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Prus
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 11, 1981No. 80-2043PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE
SULLIVAN delivered the opinion of the court:
The sole issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court, in granting defendants’ motion to dismiss, erred in finding a municipal ordinance unconstitutional.
It appears that plaintiff city of Chicago enacted a for-sale sign ban ordinance (ordinance) prohibiting any person from placing or maintaining “For Sale” or “Sold” signs in designated residential areas of the city. Plaintiff thereafter filed seven two-count quasi-criminal complaints against defendants, charging them with violation of the ordinance.1 Defendants…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bigelow v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of WillingboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fitzgerald v. Chicago Title & Trust Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Doner v. Phoenix Joint Stock Land Bank of Kansas CityIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
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3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Chicago v. PrusAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
- Prus v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1989
- City of Chicago v. BurgardAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996
- City of Chicago v. PrusAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981