Legal Opinion
People v. White
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1987No. 62926PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Simon
Prior to the November 1984 election for the office of State’s Attorney of White County, the defendant, Margaret White, allegedly distributed a leaflet urging voters not to support the incumbent, Thomas Sutton, and to instead write in the name of James R. Conley, Jr. The leaflet stated:
HOW TO WRITE IN A VOTE
WRITE OFFICE,
□ MAKE SQUARE,
PUT AN X IN SQUARE.
LETS GET SUTTON OUT OF OFFICE.
IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE THIS-
CLIP — TAKE TO POLLS
STATES ATTORNEY
X JAMES R. CONLEY, JR.
For distributing this leaflet without printing the name and address of the persons publishing and distributing it on the leaflet, the…
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- Garrison v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by13 opinions
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