Legal Opinion

Biffer v. City of Chicago

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 19, 1917No. 11213PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Frederick A. Smith, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:.Defendants in error filed in the circuit court of Cook county, on August 17, 1914, a bill for an injunction to enjoin the city of Chicago and certain of its officials from enforcing an ordinance relative to the sale of revolvers and other deadly weapons unless the dealer have a license and pay an annual fee therefor of $25, and also prohibiting the exhibition for sale in show cases or show windows or displaying signs or posters suggesting the sale of such deadly _ weapons, and also requiring that each purchaser of a deadly weapon designated in the ordinance…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Magoun v. Illinois Trust & Savings BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. Crowley v. ChristensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Missouri v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  4. Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Orient Insurance v. DaggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Kalodimos v. Village of Morton GroveIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
  2. BURTON v. SillsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
  3. Breinig v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  4. United States v. Rene E.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. Father Basil's Lodge, Inc. v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1946

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