Legal Opinion
Harp Advertising Illinois, Inc. v. Village of Chicago Ridge, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 19, 1993No. 93-1103PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Harp Advertising wants to erect a billboard in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. Portions of the village’s zoning code got in the way; so did provisions of its sign code. Harp filed this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, contending that the ordinances violate the first amendment, applied to states (and villages) by the fourteenth. Magistrate Judge Lefkow recommended that the district court declare the sign code unconstitutional but sustain the zoning code; before the district court could act, Chicago Ridge repealed the challenged provisions of the sign code. The district judge…
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