Legal Opinion
Michael Horvath v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 30, 1975No. 75--1181PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs are operators of massage parlors in which nude, or partially nude, female employees masturbate male patrons. Defendants have threatened to commence civil proceedings in the Illinois courts to enjoin these business practices as a nuisance prohibited by § 192.1 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago.1 Plaintiffs commenced this federal action seeking a declaratory judgment that § 192.1 is unconstitutionally “vague and overbroad,” and an injunction against its enforcement against them. This appeal is from the district court’s denial of a preliminary…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HeinbaughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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- Michael Horvath v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975