Idris v. City of Chicago, Ill.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that a $90 fine for a traffic infraction, which constituted a property interest, is too modest to implicate a fundamental right
• A “system that simultaneously raises money and improves compliance with traffic laws has much to recommend and it cannot be called unconstitutionally whimsical”
• A “system that simultaneously raises money and improves compliance with traffic laws has much to recommend and it cannot be called unconstitutionally whimsical”
• “The interest at stake is a $90 fine for a traffic infraction, and the Supreme Court has never held that a property interest so modest is a fundamental right”
• “Legal systems often achieve deterrence by imposing fines or penalties without fault.”
• moving violations and red‐light tickets

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).