Legal Opinion
Midwest Television, Inc. v. Waaler
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 19, 1963No. Gen. 10,483PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARROLL, PRESIDING JUSTICE.
This is a declaratory judgment action in which plaintiff, a television broadcaster, sought to have the Circuit Court declare that a certain advertising project consisting of the distribution of gift certificates by merchants is not a lottery as defined by the Illinois Criminal Code, and to further declare that prosecution of plaintiff by the State’s Attorney of Champaign County for broadcasting such advertising would violate the United States Constitution.
Pursuant to Supreme Court Eule 48, the cause was submitted as an agreed case and a statement of the facts and…
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