WISCONSIN ACTION COALITION v. CITY OF KENOSHA

No. 84-2006.

767 F.2d 1248 (1985)

WISCONSIN ACTION COALITION, a charitable non-profit Wisconsin corporation, and Charles Chapman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF KENOSHA, a municipal corporation of the State of Wisconsin; and Joseph H. Trotta, Chief of Police of the City of Kenosha; and their agents, employees, assistants, successors, and all others acting in concert with them or under their control, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Conway, City Atty., Kenosha, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas Asher, Shellow, Shellow & Glynn, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellants.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

We are faced in this appeal with the question whether an anti-solicitation ordinance as applied to door-to-door canvassing for charitable and political causes in residential areas between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. violates the First Amendment. The district court granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., and then granted summary judgment for plaintiffs, issuing a permanent injunction invalidating the...

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