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THE PEOPLE v. MASLOWSKY

Nos. 39526, 39710 cons.

34 Ill.2d 456 (1966)

216 N.E.2d 669

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent-Appellant, v. DAVID MASLOWSKY et al., Petitioners-Appellees. DAVID MASLOWSKY et al., Petitioners-Appellees, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. — (JOHN E. CASSIDY, JR., et al., Additional Respondents-Appellants.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied May 18, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RAYMOND L. TERRELL, State's Attorney, of Springfield, (LOURIN A. WOLLAN, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel,) for the People, appellant.

OWEN RALL, of Chicago, (PETERSON, LOWRY, RALL, BARBER & ROSS, of counsel,) for appellant members of legislative commission.

ALBERT E. JENNER, JR., THOMAS P. SULLIVAN, ROBERT E. PFAFF, and HUGH M. KING, all of Chicago, and J. WALDO ACKERMAN, of Springfield, (RAYMOND, MAYER, JENNER & BLOCK, of counsel,) for appellees.

SIDLEY, AUSTIN, BURGESS & SMITH, of Chicago, (DOUGLAS F. SMITH, D. ROBERT THOMAS, JAMES E.S. BAKER, and RICHARD G. CLEMENS, of counsel,) for the Judicial Advisory Counsel, amicus curiae.

Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HOUSE delivered the opinion of the court:

This litigation is an outgrowth of the much publicized tape recordings procured by unknown persons secretly "bugging" a hotel room with electronic eavesdropping devices and tapping a telephone in the room.

Six persons were served with subpoenas to appear before a Sangamon County grand jury. They filed a petition to suppress certain tape recordings...

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