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OWENS v. CBS, INC.

No. 5-87-0439.

173 Ill. App.3d 977 (1988)

527 N.E.2d 1296

CAROLYN OWENS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CBS, INC., Defendant-Appellant (Delores (Brown) Burnes, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed August 10, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen S. Boston and Joseph E. Martineau, both of Lewis & Rice, of St. Louis, Missouri, and Douglas P. Jacobs, of CBS, Inc., of New York, New York, for appellant.

John Long, of Sterling, Stanley & Kelley, P.C., of Fairview Heights, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARRISON delivered the opinion of the court:

In October of 1983, someone claiming to be Michael Brown of Centreville, Illinois, sent a letter to the White House threatening Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States, with assassination. Because the making of such threats constitutes a criminal offense under Federal law (see 18 U.S.C.A. § 871(a) (West Supp. 1988)), the U.S. Secret Service initiated an investigation...

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