Legal Opinion
The CITY OF CHICAGO v. Jacobs
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided September 29, 1970No. 42131PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ward
The defendant, Carol Jacobs, was found guilty after a bench trial of disorderly conduct in violation of section 193 —1 (d) of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago and fined $90.00. Contending that constitutional questions are involved she has appealed directly to this court.
On April 27, 1968, a group of demonstrators, apparently several thousand in number, assembled to protest our involvement in Viet Nam at the Civic Center Plaza in Chicago. The plaza itself had been enclosed and set off by a plastic cord which stretched around the plaza on all sides. This cord had been cut and was tying…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- City of Chicago v. GregoryIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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