Vugo, Inc. v. City of Chicago

Memorandum Opinion and Order

Elaine E, Bucklo, United States District Judge

•In this action, plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenor (to whom I collectively refer as “plaintiffs” unless otherwise specified)1 challenge the constitutionality of a City of Chicago ordinance prohibiting commercial advertising on the interior or exterior of “transportation network vehicles,” i.e., vehicles driven by independent contractors for companies such as Uber and Lyft. Before me is the City’s motion to dismiss both complaints—which in all ways relevant to the instant motion assert identical claims—for lack of…