West v. American Tel. & Tel. Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declaring section 16 — 1(a)(5) of the theft statute unconstitutional because it failed to require a culpable mental state
• declaring section 16–1(a)(5) of the theft statute unconstitutional because it failed to require a culpable mental state
• invalidating a statute that “potentially subjects wholly innocent conduct to punishment”
• invalidating a statute that \potentially subjects wholly innocent conduct to punishment\
• invalidating a statute that “potentially subjects wholly innocent conduct to punishment”
• invalidating a section of the Illinois Theft Statute making it a felony for a person to obtain or exert control over property in the custody of a law enforcement agency where that person has been informed the property was stolen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).