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CHICAGO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS v. CITY OF WHEATON

No. 87 C 0765.

697 F.Supp. 1464 (1988)

CHICAGO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSN., Chicago Tribune Co., an Illinois corporation, Chicago Sun-Times, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF WHEATON, an Illinois municipality, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

October 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Klenk, Alan J. Mandel, Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Joseph P. Thornton, Chicago Tribune Co., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Edward J. Walsh, Jr., James H. Knippen II, Edward J. Walsh, Jr., Chtd., Wheaton, Ill., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HART, District Judge.

In our participatory democracy newspapers are not just an amenity. They are a vital means of providing information to citizens called upon to exercise an enlightened use of the ballot. Without the information provided by newspapers many citizens would be without the knowledge required for an intelligent electoral process. Accordingly, the distribution of newspapers has always had First Amendment protection...

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