Legal Opinion

Wendy Allen Ayres v. City of Chicago

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 4, 1997No. 97-2373PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The City of Chicago appeals from the grant to the plaintiff, Wendy Ayres, of a preliminary injunction. The injunction forbids the City to invoke its “Peddlers’ Ordinance” (Chi.Munic.Code ch. 4-244) to prevent Ayres from advocating the legalization of marijuana by selling T-shirts conveying her message at festivals such as the “Taste of Chicago” that the City sponsors in Grant Park. The ordinance forbids the peddling of any merchandise, except newspapers, on either public property (such as Grant Park) or (with immaterial exceptions, see §§ 4-244-145, 4-244-147) private…

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