MILLER v. CARTER

No. 75-1162.

547 F.2d 1314 (1977)

Luther MILLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. James Y. CARTER, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Eglit, Robert Masur, Nancy Preston, Jerome J. Robert, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William R. Quinlan, Acting Corp. Counsel, Robert R. Retke, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The issue before us is whether a Chicago ordinance which permanently bars persons convicted of certain offenses from obtaining a public chauffeur's license violates the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The District Court sustained the ordinance. We reverse.

Plaintiff was convicted of armed robbery in 1965, when he was 20 years old, and, after serving seven years in the Illinois State Penitentiary, was paroled...

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