DETROIT, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The city of Detroit could be hit with a huge bill resulting from a class action suit filed after a U.S. judge struck down its ticket reselling ordinance.
U.S. District Judge John O'Meara ruled a 2004 ordinance prohibiting the sale of tickets at or below face value within 500 feet of concerts, sporting events or other entertainment venues was unconstitutional because it failed to state a specific government interest, The Detroit Free Press reported Monday.
O'Meara will preside when a trial to determine damages in the matter gets under way Tuesday, in Ann Arbor, Mich. A 12-member jury will be seated to decide how much Bradley Carroll, 27, and others in the class receive.
Carroll was charged with a misdemeanor in July 2003 for selling an $80 Eminem concert ticket for $50 at Ford Field.
"With the crime problems in Detroit, it sees the cops should be doing something more productive than hassling law-abiding citizens at sporting events," Carroll told the Free Press.
