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Horticultural Expression

A federal court in Illinois ruled against a man who claims the Village of Evergreen Park infringed on his constitutional rights when it cited and fined him for a municipal fencing ordinance violation, finding the man has not proven that his vegetable garden is “a form of expression protected by the First Amendment.”

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois ruled against a man who claims the Village of Evergreen Park infringed on his constitutional rights when it cited and fined him for violating a municipal fencing ordinance, finding the man has not proven that his vegetable garden is “a form of expression protected by the First Amendment.”

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