Wheeler v. City of Rockford

This appeal is from an order finding section 8 of the Rockford Massage Establishments and Massage Services ordinance to be unconstitutional, and finding section 13 and section 16 of that ordinance to be constitutional. Plaintiffs, Eileen Wheeler, d/b/a Ana’s Sauna, and Mavis Carter, an employee of Ana’s Sauna, sought a declaratory judgment that these and other sections of the ordinance were unconstitutional; defendant appeals the finding as to section 8, and plaintiffs cross-appeal as to sections 13 and 16.

Section 8 of the ordinance provides that ° ° [i]t shall be unlawful for any person…