Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Stubhub!, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 29, 2010No. 09-3432PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
The resale of tickets to sports, concerts, and other events usually is illegal in Illinois, if the tickets fetch more than the original price. 720 ILCS 375/1.5(a). Resale at a premium is called scalping, and rules that forbid it even when the events’ promoters are content to allow resale have puzzled economists. See Craig A. Depken, II, Another look at anti-scalping laivs: Theory and evidence, 130 Public Choice 55 (2006); Pascal Courty, Some Economics of Ticket Resale, 17 J. Econ. Perspectives 85 (Spring 2003); Stephen K. Happel & Marianne M. Jennings, Assessing the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- John Doe and Other Members of the Football Team at Illinois State University v. Gte Corporation and Genuity Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. v. Craigslist, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by29 opinions
- G.G. v. Salesforce.com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2023
- City of Chicago v. StubHub, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 2011
- American Safety Casualty Insurance v. City of WaukeganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Airbnb, Inc. v. City & County of San FranciscoDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2016
- Hill v. StubHub, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012
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