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IN RE SPECIAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION

No. 60318.

104 Ill.2d 419 (1984)

472 N.E.2d 450

In re SPECIAL GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE JUVENILE COURT ACT (The People ex rel. John F. Donahue, Special State's Attorney, Appellee, v. Rob Warden, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly R. Welsh and Ruth Miller, of Mayer, Brown & Platt, of Chicago, for appellant.

John F. Donahue, Special State's Attorney, of Oak Brook, pro se, and Stephen J. Culliton, Associate State's Attorney, of Blomingdale, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE UNDERWOOD delivered the opinion of the court:

The question before us is whether the Du Page County circuit court properly divested a newspaper reporter of his statutory privilege to refuse to disclose his sources.

The proceedings stem from a Judicial Inquiry Board (the Board) investigation of Judge John Teschner of the circuit court of Du Page County, who was subsequently charged...

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