Legal Opinion
Laura Saukstelis v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 1991No. 90-3258PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Collecting fines for parking in forbidden zones and like offenses is hard to do. The fines are small individually but large in the aggregate. Chicago tried private collection agencies, an experiment forged in bribery, United States v. Davis, 890 F.2d 1373 (7th Cir.1989), and tempered in litigation, Horn v. Chicago, 860 F.2d 700 (7th Cir.1988). Dunning letters did not work very well. Chicago tried partial amnesties, but these work only when unexpected, and so cannot be repeated. (If drivers expect deep discounts during periodic amnesties, they will park where they…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by49 opinions
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