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FRIEDRICH v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 84 C 7719.

619 F.Supp. 1129 (1985)

Walter FRIEDRICH, Individually and on Behalf of Class of Similarly Situated Persons, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO and Fred Rice, Superintendent of Police in his Official Capacity, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

September 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Grossman, Barbara P. O'Toole, American Civil Liberties Union, William Hannay, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Jonathan Siner, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

A class of street performers has sued the City of Chicago ("the City") challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance which allegedly violates the performers' rights to entertain pedestrians on Chicago's sidewalks. They claim violations of their First Amendment rights of expression and Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection of the laws. Last month we conducted a trial on plaintiffs' motion for...

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