Legal Opinion
The People v. Doss
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 21, 1943No. 26862. Order affirmedPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wilson
The defendant,. William A. Doss, was adjudged guilty of criminal contempt by the circuit court of Piatt county and fined $2000 and sentenced to imprisonment in jail for a period of three months, the sentence to not run concurrently with any other sentence. He prosecutes a direct appeal on the ground, among others, that the order of conviction infringes the constitutional guarantees of liberty of the press and freedom of speech.
An information was filed January 15, 1942. The amended information, filed May 9, 1942, charged defendant with delivering or causing to be delivered a copy of each of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- O'Brien v. People ex rel. Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1905
- The People v. TouhyIllinois Supreme Court · 1935
- Commonwealth v. McNaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Van Dyke v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1922
- State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. OwensSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1927
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re Marriage of BettsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1990
- The PEOPLE v. GossIllinois Supreme Court · 1957
- Associated Cotton Shops, Inc. v. Evergreen Park Shopping Plaza of Delaware, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1960
- Leslie Irvin v. Alfred F. Dowd, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1959
- The City of Chicago v. TerminielloIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
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