Legal Opinion
Buddy Bell v. James Keating
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 10, 2012No. 11-2408PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
A Chicago ordinance criminalizes an individual’s refusal to leave a scene when so instructed by a police officer when three or more individuals are engaging in disorderly conduct nearby. Buddy Bell was arrested under that ordinance, the enforcement of which he presently seeks to enjoin as facially violative of the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The district court dismissed his claims, ruling that he lacked standing to sue for injunctive relief.
We hold that Buddy Bell may sue to enjoin the ordinance as facially unconstitutional. We also conclude that Chicago Municipal…
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