Legal Opinion
People v. Sequoia Books, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 21, 1988No. 2-87-0675PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Inglis
This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding defendant in violation of a permanent injunction which enjoined defendant, Sequoia Books, Inc., from, among other things, violating section 11 — 20 of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 11—20). We affirm.
On appeal, defendant contends (1) that the finding of contempt cannot stand due to the fact that the injunction on which it was based was reversed as a prior restraint; (2) that a statement by an expert witness that the two magazines at issue promoted AIDS was reversible error; (3) that it was reversible error for the…
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