Legal Opinion
Greater Chicago Combine & Center Inc. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2005No. 05-1271PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
The City of Chicago enacted an ordinance that prohibited the keeping of pigeons in most residential areas of the city. An organization of homing pigeon keepers, known as the Greater Chicago Combine and Center, Inc., sued the city claiming that the ordinance violated the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The district court granted the city summary judgment. We affirm.
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In September 2003, Chicago’s city council passed the “Restrictions on Pigeons” ordinance in response to citizen complaints about feathers, droppings, odor, and noise (cooing) generated…
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