Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Ryan v. World Church of the Creator
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 2001No. 89780 RelPublished
1Opinion of the Court 1
Docket No. 89780–Agenda 22–March 2001.
THE PEOPLE ex rel. JAMES E. RYAN, Attorney General of Illinois, Appellant, v. THE WORLD CHURCH OF THE
CREATOR et al ., Appellees.
Opinion filed November 21, 2001.
2Opinion of the Court · GarmanJustice Garman
The issue in this case is whether the Solicitation for Charity Act (Solicitation Act) (225 ILCS 460/0.01 through 23 (West 1998)) is unconstitutionally vague on its face, as violative of the first and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution (U.S. Const., amends. I, XIV). The circuit court of Cook County held the statute unconstitutional and dismissed the Attorney General’s complaint…
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