Legal Opinion
Pooh-Bah Enterprises, Inc. v. County of Cook
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 2009No. 105971, 105984 consPublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Garman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
At issue is whether the small venue exemptions to the amusement tax ordinances of defendants Cook County and the City of Chicago violate the first amendment to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amend. I) or the free speech clause of the Illinois Constitution (Ill. Const. 1970, art. I, §4). We hold that they do not.
BACKGROUND
The City of Chicago and Cook County have substantially similar amusement tax ordinances with substantially similar small venue…
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