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CITY OF CHICAGO v. STUBHUB, INC.

No. 111127.

979 N.E.2d 844 (2011)

2011 IL 111127

366 Ill. Dec. 43

The CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant, v. STUBHUB, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified Upon Denial of Rehearing November 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mara S. Georges and Stephen R. Patton , Corporation Counsel, Chicago ( Benna Ruth Solomon , Myriam Zreczny Kasper and Julian N. Henriques, Jr. , of counsel), for appellant.

Roger H. Bickel , Michael J. Kelly and Jill C. Anderson , Freeborn & Peters LLP, and Stephen M. Shapiro , Michele L. Odorizzo , Timothy S. Bishop and James V. Hart , Mayer Brown LLP, all of Chicago, for appellee.

Anita Alvarez , State's Attorney, Chicago ( Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. , Paul A. Castiglione , Jeffrey S. McCutchan and James S. Beligratis , assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for amicus curiae County of Cook.

Constantine L. Trela, Jr. , and Bruce Braverman , Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, for amici curiae Ebay Inc. and The Netchoice Coalition.

OPINION

Justice THEIS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 This case comes before us on certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. See Ill. S.Ct. R. 20 (eff. August 1, 1992). That court asked us to determine "whether municipalities may require electronic intermediaries to collect and remit amusement taxes on resold tickets." Our answer is no.

¶ 2 BACKGROUND

¶ 3 In 1923...

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