Legal Opinion
Park Pet Shop, Inc. v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 2017No. 15-3711PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
This case challenges Chicago’s “puppy mill” ordinance, which limits the sources from which pet stores may obtain dogs, cats, and rabbits for resale. The ordinance provides that pet retailers in the city “may offer for sale only those dogs, cats, or rabbits” obtained from an animal control or care center, pound, or kennel operated by local, state, or federal government or “a humane society or rescue organization.” Chicago, III, Code § 4-384-015(b) (2016).
Two Chicago pet stores and a Missouri dog breeder sued to invalidate the ordinance. They allege that it exceeds…
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