Legal Opinion
Metropolis Theater Company, Plffs. In Err. v. City of Chicago and Ernest J. Magerstadt
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 7, 1913No. 181PublishedCited by 319 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
228 U.S. 61
33 S.Ct. 441
57 L.Ed. 730
METROPOLIS THEATER COMPANY et al., Plffs. in Err.,
v.
CITY OF CHICAGO and Ernest J. Magerstadt.
No. 181.
Argued March 12, 1913.
Decided April 7, 1913.
Bill in equity brought in the circuit court of Cook county, state of Illinois, to restrain the enforcement of a certain ordinance of the city of Chicago, requiring licenses for places of amusement. The ordinance divides the places of amusement into twenty-one classes. The entertainments offered by complainants fall within the first class, which is defined as 'all entertainments of a theatrical, dramatic, vaudeville,…
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