GEN. AUTO SERV. STATION LLC v. CITY OF CHICAGO, 02-1588
The district court should not have abstained under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, in a challenge to a city zoning ordinance limiting signage, where the city persuaded the state court that appellant was not entitled to adjudication of constitutional theories.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/06/2002
- Decided 02/10/2003
- Published 02/10/2003
Judges
- EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and MANION, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Thomas E. Baltz (argued), Grey, Grey & Baltz, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Erika A. Dunning (argued), City of Chicago, Law Dept., Robert J. Weber, Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees.