Legal Opinion
The PEOPLE v. Goss
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1957No. 33930PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
Thomas D. Goss, also known as Thomas Duggan and herein referred to as plaintiff in error, brings this writ of error to reverse an order of the superior court of Cook County adjudging him guilty of contempt of court, and sentencing him to ten days in the county jail and a fine of $100. Our jurisdiction is based upon the claim that the order deprived him of the rights of free speech guaranteed by the first amendment to the Federal constitution, as made applicable to the States by the fourteenth amendment.
During the year 1955 the plaintiff in error appeared regularly on an evening…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Bridges v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Craig v. HarneySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Pennekamp v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Patterson v. Colorado Ex Rel. Attorney General of Colo.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Maryland v. Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by24 opinions
- In re Marriage of RodriguezIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
- Thomas D. Goss A/K/A Thomas Duggan v. State of Illinois, Frank G. Sain, Sheriff of Cook County, and Daniel P. Ward, State's Attorney of Cook CountyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1963
- People Ex Rel. Kunce v. HoganIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Marcisz v. MarciszIllinois Supreme Court · 1976
- People v. ShukovskyIllinois Supreme Court · 1989
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