TRIPLE A SERVICES, INC. v. RICE

Nos. 67723, 67748 cons.

131 Ill.2d 217 (1989)

545 N.E.2d 706

TRIPLE A SERVICES, INC., et al., Appellees, v. FRED RICE, Superintendent of Police of the City of Chicago, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 27, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judson H. Miner, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch and Frederick S. Rhine, of counsel), for appellants Fred Rice and the City of Chicago.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Earl L. Neal and Michael D. Leroy, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant State of Illinois Medical Center Commission.

Ronald F. Neville and Linda M. Mahalko, of Walsh, Neville, Pappas & Mahoney, and Mark J. Ballard, of Cannizzaro & Ballard, all of Chicago, for appellee Gilbert Vargas.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, two mobile food vending companies and two mobile food salesmen, sued in the circuit court of Cook County, challenging the constitutional validity of a Chicago ordinance prohibiting mobile food vendors from conducting their businesses within a certain section of the city, almost entirely comprised of the Medical Center

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