City of Chicago v. Wilson

1 Citing case

  1. City of Chicago v. Wilson

    75 Ill. 2d 525 (Ill. 1978)   Cited 6 times
    Rejecting several seemingly rational justifications for a statute outlawing cross-dressing in public

    Following a bench trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendants, Wallace Wilson and Kim Kimberley, were convicted of having violated section 192-8 of the Municipal Code of the city of Chicago (Code), which prohibits a person from wearing clothing of the opposite sex with the intent to conceal his or her sex. Each defendant was fined $100. The appellate court affirmed ( 44 Ill. App.3d 620), and this court granted leave to appeal. Defendants were arrested on February 18, 1974, minutes after they emerged from a restaurant where they had had breakfast.