Legal Opinion
Alvin Pearson, Brenda Curtis, and Century 21 Pearson, Inc. Realtors v. James R. Edgar and James E. Ryan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1998No. 97-2667PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
In this opinion again we address the constitutionality of an Illinois statute regulating certain real estate sales practices regarding solicitation. The district court held that the statute violates the First Amendment and the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. We agree that the statute violates the First Amendment, but we disagree with the district court’s other conclusions.
I. HISTORY
The Illinois General Assembly enacted 720 ILCS 590/1 — 1(d) (“the statute”) to try to prevent blockbusting, or panic peddling, by real estate agents.…
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