Legal Opinion
Rothner v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 1, 1991No. 89-3614PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Eric Rothner brought a civil action that challenged the constitutionality of a City of Chicago ordinance prohibiting minors from playing video games during school hours. He appeals the dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim. For the following reasons, we affirm the judgment of the district court. 725 F.Supp. 945.
I
BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The City of Chicago (City) enacted an ordinance that regulates the use of “automatic amusement devices” (commonly known as video games). With the express purposes of encouraging “all minors to complete at least a high school…
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