Legal Opinion
Owens v. CBS, INC.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 10, 1988No. 5-87-0439PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE HARRISON
delivered the opinion of the court:
In October of 1983, someone claiming to be Michael Brown of Centreville, Illinois, sent a letter to the White House threatening Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, with assassination. Because the making of such threats constitutes a criminal offense under Federal law (see 18 U.S.C.A. §871(a) (West Supp. 1988)), the U.S. Secret Service initiated an investigation of the matter. The Secret Service investigation was reported by KMOX-TV, a television station located in St. Louis, Missouri, and owned by defendant CBS, Inc.…
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- Troman v. WoodIllinois Supreme Court · 1975
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