MIDWEST TELEVISION, INC. v. WAALER

Gen. No. 10,483.

44 Ill. App.2d 401 (1963)

194 N.E.2d 653

Midwest Television, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert J. Waaler, State's Attorney of Champaign County, Illinois, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

December 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Waaler, State's Attorney, Pro Se, and Jack Waaler, Assistant State's Attorney, both of Urbana, for appellant.

Meyer and Capel, both of Champaign, for appellee.


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...

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