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City of Chicago v. Morales, No. 97-1121 (U.S. Supreme Court) (527 U.S. 41; 119 S.Ct. 1849) (June 10, 1999) (Justice Stevens)

In this case the Supreme Court struck down, as unconstitutionally vague, an anti-loitering ordinance enacted by the City of Chicago which resulted in some 42,000 arrests in the three years it was enforced. The ordinance in question prohibited "criminal street gang members" from loitering in public places; and, if a ...

 

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