Goldhamer v. Nagode

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Standing
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 09-2332
Decision Date: 
September 2, 2010
Federal District: 
N.D. Ill., E. Div.
Holding: 
Vacated and remanded
Plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge Chicago disorderly conduct ordinance that made it crime for individuals to fail to disburse from group when ordered to do so by police where at same time three or more other individuals in group were engaging in disorderly conduct. Although plaintiffs had been charged with violation of said ordinance, plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge facial constitutionality of said ordinance where record showed that plaintiffs had not actually violated said ordinance, and where police otherwise had no reason to arrest and charge plaintiffs with violation of instant ordinance.