El Paso, Texas recently eased regulations against mobile food vendors after four food truck owners represented by litigators at the Institute of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city challenging the constitutionality of the city\u2019s mobile vending restrictions. El Paso ordinances had previously made it illegal for food trucks to be within 1,000 feet of a restaurant or convenience store.<\/p>\n
The federal lawsuit of Castaneda v. the City of El Paso asserted that food truck vendors\u2019 constitutional right to \u201cearn an honest living free from unreasonable and arbitrary government interference\u201d was violated. The City of El Paso was stifling competition, a basic principle of capitalism, they said. The Institute of Justice initiated this lawsuit as part of their National Street Vending Initiative to uphold the rights of street vendors everywhere to run their businesses.<\/p>\n
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