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AYRES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 97-2373.

125 F.3d 1010 (1997)

Wendy Allen AYRES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward T. Stein (argued), Mary Lou Boelcke, Karen E. Tamburro, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Benna R. Solomon, Anita Modek-Truran (argued), Patricia T. Bergeson, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The City of Chicago appeals from the grant to the plaintiff, Wendy Ayres, of a preliminary injunction. The injunction forbids the City to invoke its "Peddlers' Ordinance" (Chi.Munic.Code ch. 4-244) to prevent Ayres from advocating the legalization of marijuana by selling T-shirts conveying her message at festivals such as the "Taste of Chicago" that the City sponsors in Grant Park. The ordinance forbids the peddling of any merchandise, except...

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