Legal Opinion
Seals v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 24, 1981No. 79-2393PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stamos
Plaintiff Marvin Seals brought this action challenging the constitutionality of the provision of the Illinois Liquor Control Act which authorizes local option elections. (See Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 43, pars. 166-182.) Plaintiff’s dramshop, located in the 21st precinct of the 6th ward of Chicago, was ordered closed by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. This action followed a referendum whereby the registered voters of the 21st precinct exercised their local option and prohibited retail sales of liquor in their precinct.
Plaintiff’s complaint sets out four alleged constitutional…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- People v. McBrideIllinois Supreme Court · 1908
- National Contracting Co. v. Hudson River Water Power Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1908
- Malito v. MarcinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
- Sommer v. Village of GlenviewIllinois Supreme Court · 1980
- Duncan v. MarcinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1980
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Philly's, the Original Philadelphia Cheese Steak, Inc. v. Jane M. Byrne, as Mayor and as Liquor Control Commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Illinois Liquor Control Commission, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee. Los Farrallones, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Jorge Aristizabal, and Nick Andrews v. Jane M. Byrne, as Mayor and as Liquor Control Commissioner of the City of Chicago, and Illinois Liquor Control Commission, Defendant-Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Philly's v. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984