Legal Opinion
John H. Baer, Individually and D/B/A Liberty Guns v. The City of Wauwatosa
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 22, 1983No. 83-1087PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
John Baer brought this civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the City of Wauwatosa (Wisconsin), its mayor, and the members of its council, alleging that, by taking away Baer’s license to sell guns, the defendants had deprived him of property without due process of law, and denied him the equal protection of the laws, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district judge entered judgment for the defendants after a bench trial, and Baer appeals.
Section 6.84.020(A) of the Wauwatosa ordinances provides that “no person shall engage in the business of selling…
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