Communications & Cable of Chicago, Inc. v. City of Chicago

The plaintiffs, Communications & Cable of Chicago, La Salle Telecommunications, South Chicago Cable, collectively doing business as Chicago Cable TV, and the Cable Television and Communications Association of Illinois, sought declaratory and injunctive relief against the defendants, the Chicago department of revenue and its acting director, Ernest R. Wish, challenging the constitutionality of the November 15, 1995, amendment to the Chicago amusement tax ordinance (Chicago Municipal Code § 4 — 156—010 et seq. (1990)). The trial court denied the plaintiffs’ motion and expressly found that there…