New York Dugan Bros. v. City of New York

The plaintiff brought an action to restrain the defendant from enforcing a certain ordinance (Ordinance No. 54, Approved Paper No. 348 ) which was adopted by the board of aldermen on December 14, 1937, and approved by the mayor on December 24, 1937, upon the ground that the said ordinance is unconstitutional. The title of the ordinance is as follows: “An Ordinance to Prohibit Peddling and Hawking and Offering for Sale of Bakers’ Products Within 1,000 Feet of Any Bakery Now or When Established in the City of New York.”

Section 1 thereof reads: “Peddling of bakers’ products within 1,000 feet of…