United Center, home of 1996 Democratic National Convention and the Blackhawks hockey team, squashes local peanut vendors. City Council passes a restrictive ordinance. Attorney files anti-trust law suit.
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Legal Documents filed by Donald G. Weiland and Mark Weinberg on behalf of the peanut vendors.
Complaint filed in U.S. District Court
Memorandum in Support of Motion for Preliminary Injunction
(Attorneys Weiland and Weinberg said they can use some assistance from attorneys specializing in Anti-Trust and Constitutional law litigation.)
Ben Jovarsky's article, Working for Peanuts, in the Chicago Reader (October 13, 1995. Section One, p. 6 and 7.)
Quotes from,Working for Peanuts, in the Chicago Reader (October 13, 1995. Section One, p. 6 and 7.)
"You sell your peanuts for what you get. I was just trying to put food on my table." quote of Thornton Elliott, a 71 year-old resident of the west side of Chicago.
"This fight's about the greed of the United Center owners. It's about big guys crushing little guys so they keep all the profits for themselves." quote of Attorney Mark Weinberg .
"I pray for you guys, but you're up against some heavyweights." quote of Alderman Walter Burnett Jr. who introduced legislation banning all vendors within 1000 feet of the United Center.
Excerpts from Chicago Tribune editorial: Don't Push the street vendors out. (September 30, 1995. Section 1, p. 20).
For examples of the sort of enterprise that economists extol and politicians praise, it would be hard to beat the men and women who sell peanuts, pennants, programs, and other types of paraphernalia outside the United Center and other arenas ...
...to the vendors, $50 or $75 for an evenings work can be the difference between being employed or unemployed, between self-sufficiency or social dependency.
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