Legal Opinion
National Paint & Coatings Association v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1995No. 93-3969PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Graffiti cover more than five million square feet of walls, signs, windows, and other public surfaces in Chicago. Full-time crews patrol the streets removing paint, but they are losing ground. Vandalism and trespass are crimes, but prosecution has not sufficed. In May 1992 Chicago decided to do something more: to lump spray paint and jumbo markers, the principal tools of the graffiti “artist,” with burglars’ tools and other criminal implements as contraband. An ordinance forbids the sale of spray paint and jumbo indelible markers (collectively spray paint) within…
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