NATIONAL PAINT & COATINGS v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 93-3969.

45 F.3d 1124 (1995)

NATIONAL PAINT & COATINGS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Handler (argued), Bruce H. Weitzman, Paul M. Weiss, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellees National Paint & Coatings Ass'n et al.

Cynthia Anne Cohan, Thomas G. Dent, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellee Sherwin-Williams Co.

Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy County Counsel, Benna R. Solomon, Stuart D. Fullerton (argued), Susan S. Sher, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, MANION, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Graffiti cover more than five million square feet of walls, signs, windows, and other public surfaces in Chicago. Full-time crews patrol the streets removing paint, but they are losing ground. Vandalism and trespass are crimes, but prosecution has not sufficed. In May 1992 Chicago decided to do something more: to lump spray paint and jumbo markers, the principal tools of the graffiti "artist," with burglars' tools and other criminal implements...

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