{
  "id": 3226049,
  "name": "John Myers v. The People of the State of Illinois",
  "name_abbreviation": "Myers v. People",
  "decision_date": "1900-04-17",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "342",
  "last_page": "342",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "185 Ill. 342"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill.",
    "id": 8772,
    "name": "Illinois Supreme Court"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T15:50:44.032606+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "John Myers v. The People of the State of Illinois."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Per Curiam:\nThe question involved in this case is the same as the question decided in the case of Ruhstrat v. People, (ante, p. 133,) to-wit: the constitutionality of the act of April 22, 1899, entitled \u201cAn act to prohibit the use of the national flag or emblem for any commercial purposes or as an advertising medium.\u201d The decision in the 'Ruhstrat case governs and controls the decision of this case.\nAccordingly, the judgment of the criminal court of Cook county is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court with directions to proceed in accordance with the views set forth in the case of Ruhstrat v. People, supra.\nReversed and remanded.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "Per Curiam:"
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "John Mayo Palmer, and Robertson Palmer, for plaintiff in error.",
      "Charles S. Dennen, State\u2019s Attorney, and F. L. Barnett, for the People."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "John Myers v. The People of the State of Illinois.\nOpinion filed April 17, 1900.\nThis case is controlled by the decision in Ruhstrat v. People, (ante, p. 133,) holding the Flag law of 1899 to be unconstitutional.\nWrit op Error to the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. N. Waterman, Judge, presiding.\nJohn Mayo Palmer, and Robertson Palmer, for plaintiff in error.\nCharles S. Dennen, State\u2019s Attorney, and F. L. Barnett, for the People."
  },
  "file_name": "0342-01",
  "first_page_order": 342,
  "last_page_order": 342
}