In 2002, Weingust argued that the City of Toronto had no right to charge ticket scalpers with an offense. He argued that a bylaw requiring a licence to sell "goods, wares or merchandise" did not specifically cover the sale of tickets, and therefore could not be used to prosecute scalpers.
In 2002, Weingust asserted that Toronto's municipal government had no authority to penalize ticket resellers with an offense. He claimed that a bylaw requiring a permit to sell "merchandise" was too broad and did not explicitly cover the sale of tickets, rendering it invalid for prosecuting scalpers.