Legal Opinion
Waldron v. McAtee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 1983No. 83-1358PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to hold Indianapolis’s loitering ordinance unconstitutionally vague, but must first decide whether this is a suitable case for abstention.
Shortly before midnight on November 1, 1980, the plaintiff, Waldron, a law student, was driving his new Cadillac in downtown Indianapolis. While stopped at a traffic light he noticed a friend of his in an automobile in the next lane. They agreed to meet in a few minutes in front of the Marion County Public Library. They drove there, parked their cars, got out, and were chatting on the sidewalk (apparently with a third…
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