SINCLAIR REFINING CO. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 9876.

178 F.2d 214 (1949)

SINCLAIR REFINING CO. v. CITY OF CHICAGO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin S. Adamowski, Corp. Counsel, L. Louis Karton, Sydney R. Drebin, Assts. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill. (L. Louis Karton, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellant.

Sturtevant Hinman, Donald K. McIntosh, Chicago, Ill., Edward H. S. Martin, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before MAJOR, Chief Judge, and KERNER and DUFFY, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

The sole question in this appeal is whether a certain amendatory zoning ordinance of the city of Chicago, as applied to plaintiff's property, is so arbitrary and unreasonable as to render it void.

Plaintiff, a Maine corporation, is the owner of lots 1 and 2 in block 24 in Ravenswood, a subdivision in the city of Chicago. Lot 1 is located at the southeast corner of Montrose and Hermitage Avenues. It is improved and operated as a gasoline...

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