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CHICAGO PARK DIST. v. LYONS

No. 40523.

39 Ill.2d 584 (1968)

237 N.E.2d 519

THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT, Appellee, v. VERNON C. LYONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 29, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.T. SUTTON, of Elmhurst, (CHARLES P. KAL and VINCENT L. KNAUS, of counsel,) for appellant.

DAVID S. KERWIN, General Attorney, Chicago Park District, EUGENE E. DECHTER, Assistant General Attorney, Chicago Park District, THOMAS M. THOMAS, GORDON H.S. SCOTT, and KIRKLAND, ELLIS, HODSON, CHAFFETZ AND MASTERS, all of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

Reverend Vernon Lyons of the Ashburn Baptist Church of Chicago was found guilty by a jury of violating section 17-11 (littering), chapter 17, of the Chicago Park District Code and fined $25. He appeals directly to this court alleging the ordinance to be violative of the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States constitution and sections 2 and 4 of article II of the constitution...

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