Legal Opinion
Mainstreet Organization of Realtors v. Calumet City
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 2007No. 06-4377PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in this civil rights lawsuit is an association of real estate brokers in a portion of the Chicago metropolitan area that includes Calumet City. The City enacted an ordinance that forbids the sale of a house without an inspection to determine whether it is in compliance with the City’s *744building and zoning codes. If it is not, the house must be brought into compliance with the code. Such “point of sale” ordinances are common. They aim to prevent the surreptitious conversion of single-family homes to multi-family dwellings and to retard the physical…
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