Ambassador East, Inc. v. City of Chicago

Appellants, six hotels in the city of Chicago, seek to enjoin the city from enforcing its hotel rent control ordinance. The circuit court of Cook County dismissed their complaint for want of equity. The validity of a municipal ordinance being involved and the trial judge having certified that in his opinion the public interest requires an appeal to the Supreme Court, the case is brought here for review.

The ordinance in question declares and finds in substance that a serious public emergency exists in the housing of a considerable number of persons in the city of Chicago which has produced an…