Schmidinger v. City of Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The. facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the bread loaf ordinance of the City of Chicago, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. The. facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the bread loaf ordinance of the City of Chicago, are stated in the opinion. "The prohibition of the making of loaf bread in weights such as were in .large demand at the time of the passage • of the ordinance in question in the ordinary and customary course of business, and in weights which are necessary to satisfy reasonable and legitimate business requirements, although the .loaves are labeled in accordance with their exact weight, and therefore no fraud is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The City of Chicago instituted suit against the plaintiff in error in'the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to recover penalties for certain violations of an ordinance of that city. The violations alleged in the declaration which are material here consisted in the making and selling of loaves of bread differing in' weight from the weights prescribed by. the ordinance. Upon the first trial in the Cir cuit Court judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff in error, then defendant.. • The judgment was reversed upon appeal to the Supreme Court of Illinois, and the case remanded to the…
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