Seattle Judge tosses ticket-scalping cases, cites M's Internet sales

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Saturday, January 31, 2004 - Page updated at 09:50 A.M.

Judge tosses ticket-scalping cases, cites M's Internet sales

By Peter Lewis
Seattle Times consumer affairs reporter


Mark Charlesworth

A Seattle judge has accepted the arguments of two men who claimed they were victims of selective enforcement under the city's scalping ordinance because, they say, the Seattle Mariners are getting away with essentially the same conduct online.

The judge overturned the conviction of one man, and dismissed charges against another, holding that limiting enforcement to street scalping "is not rationally related to a legitimate government purpose."

Yesterday's long-awaited decision by Seattle Municipal Court Judge Jean Rietschel throws enforcement of Seattle's scalping ordinance into question — at least as it applies to Mariners tickets.

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