SCOTT v. ASS'N FOR CHILDBIRTH AT HOME, INT'L

No. 53802.

88 Ill.2d 279 (1981)

430 N.E.2d 1012

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDBIRTH AT HOME, INTERNATIONAL, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Springfield (Joseph D. Keenan III and Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorneys General, of Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Leahy & Leahy, of Springfield (Mary Lee Leahy and Andrew J. Leahy, of counsel), for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court reversed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the investigative powers of the Attorney General under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 121 1/2, par. 261 et seq.) (the Act). On October 10, 1978, the Attorney General initiated an investigation of the Association for Childbirth at Home...

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