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March 10, 2010 ~ Volume 4 ~ No. 5 - Zoning Bulletin <br />Equal Protection-Business owner claims city. ( i <br />"singled him out" for enforcement of an <br />ordinance <br />He alleges such selective enforcement violates his equal <br />protection rights <br />Citation: Reget v. City Of La Crosse, 2010 WL 424581 (7th. Cir. 2010) <br />The Seventh U.S. Circuit has jurisdiction over Illinois, Indiana, and <br />Wisconsin. <br />SEVENTH CIRCUIT (ILLINOIS, INDIANA, AND WISCONSIN) <br />(02/08610)-This-case involved allegations by a property and business <br />owner that_a city's enforcement of its "junk-dealer ordinance" violated <br />his equal protection rights. <br />The Background/Facts: Since 1975, John Reget operated John's Auto <br />Body in the city. This business "doubled as a body shop and an automo- <br />bile-restoration company." <br />The ciry's junk-dealer ordinance (the "Ordinance") imposed "a vazi- <br />ety of obligations on junk dealers," such as Reget. Among other things, <br />the Ordinance required junk dealers: obtain a license; and comply with ~I / <br />610 Opperman Drive • P.O. Box 6462fi • St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 ( ~ <br />t-800.229-2084 • email: west.customerservi<e®thomsonreuters.com • west.thomson.coMquinlan _ <br />ISSN 0574-7905 • ®2010 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved. <br />Quinlan*M is a Thomson Reuters brand <br />2 <br /> <br />© 2010 Thomson Reuters <br />28 <br />WE5To <br />