Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 2009No. 105453PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Chief Justice Fitzgerald and Justices Freeman, Kilbride, Carman, Karmeier, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion.
OPINION
This case involves the constitutionality of Illinois statutory provisions that make criminal offenses out of the acts of pirating sound recordings produced by others and failing to identify sound recordings with a label containing the actual name and address of the person who manufactured the recording. The appellate court found that the antipiracy provision was preempted by the federal Copyright Act of 1976, but it then rejected due process and first amendment…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Murdock v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- CSX Transportation, Inc. v. EasterwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- People v. MadrigalIllinois Supreme Court · 2011
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